García Lorca

American  

[gahr-see-uh lawr-kuh, gahr-thee-ah lawr-kah, -see-ah] / gɑrˈsi ə ˈlɔr kə, gɑrˈθi ɑ ˈlɔr kɑ, -ˈsi ɑ /

noun

1. Federico 1899–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist.

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García Lorca British  

/ ɡarˈθia ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. See Lorca 1

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Example Sentences

When we’re ready to rest, we have tapas at one of the cafés on the Plaza de Santa Ana, next to a statue of the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

From Literature

“One thing that I’ll always be eternally grateful to him for . . . is he introduced me to García Lorca when I was a kid,” his son later said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Opera’s flashy ‘Ainadamar,’ centered on the execution of Federico Garcia Lorca.

From Los Angeles Times

The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the Spanish Civil War through the final minutes of actress Margarita Xirgu’s life.

From Los Angeles Times

The ground is breathing fire, we’re told, in “The House of Bernarda Alba,” the Spanish classic by Federico García Lorca that opened Tuesday at the National Theater in London in a ferocious new version by Alice Birch.

From New York Times