Synopses & Reviews
J.L. Gilis selection of Lorcas poems in Spanish, with his own unassuming prose versions as guides to the originals, first appeared in 1960. With its excellent introduction and selection it remains a perfect introductory guide to the great poet. The book is ideal for newcomers to Lorca who know, or are prepared to grapple with, a little Spanish. It influenced a generation of readers and poets, including Ted Hughes who first encountered Lorca through this book.
Spains most celebrated modern poet, Federico García Lorca was born in 1898 near Granada. Poet, dramatist, musician and artist, he was the author of The Gypsy Ballad Book (1928) and Poet in New York (1940). After his return from New York and Cuba to Republican Spain in 1930, he devoted himself to the theatre, writing three tragedies including Blood Wedding (1933). An outspoken supporter of the Republic, he was assassinated at the height of his fame by Nationalist partisans in Granada in 1936, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War.
Synopsis
This selection of Federico García Lorca’s poems in Spanish, with J.L. Gili’s unassuming prose versions occupying the bottom third of each page, first appeared in 1960 but was never published in the United States. With its excellent introduction, it remains a perfect guide to Spain’s greatest modern poet. It is ideal both for newcomers to Lorca and more advanced readers who are prepared to tackle the Spanish with Gili’s expert assistance, without constant recourse to the dictionary.
J.L. Gili (1907-1998) lived in England from 1934. He was a scholar, publisher, bookseller, and translator of the Catalan poet Josep Carner’s Nabí.
Synopsis
Ideal for newcomers to Lorca who know, or are prepared to grapple with, a little Spanish.
About the Author
J.L. (Joan) Gili (1907-1998) lived in England from 1934. A scholar, translator, publisher and bookseller, he ran the Dolphin Book Co. in Oxford for many years, and was well known for his work on this Lorca selection and as the translator of the Catalan poet Josep Carners Nabí.