¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Federico García Lorca!

AKA Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca.

Born June 5, 1898. Died August 19, 1936.

He was a famous Spanish poet who was executed during the Spanish Civil War.

He has been missed.

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Federico García Lorca!

AKA Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca.

Born June 5, 1898. Died August 19, 1936.

He was a famous Spanish poet who was executed during the Spanish Civil War.

He has been missed.

Quotes I Like

La vida es sueño, y los sueños, sueños son.
(Life is a dream, and the dreams themselves are dreams.)
--Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La Vida Es Sueño

El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.
(The sleep of reason produces monsters.)
--caption to plate 43 of Francisco de Goya's “Caprichios”

Verte desnuda es recordar la Tierra.
(To see you naked is to recall the Earth.)
--Federico García Lorca, “Casida de la Mujer Tendida”

Pobre México, tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos.
(Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the USA.)
--Porfirio Díaz

Mestizaje es grandeza.
(Mixture is greatness.)
--Spanish saying.

Mi raza es tu raza.
--Ed Morales, Living in Spanglish

I'm not the other. I am you.
--Ed Morales, Living in Spanglish