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The murder of Federico Garcia Lorca

In August 1936, the great poet and dramatist was murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

In August 1936, the great poet and dramatist, Federico Garcia Lorca, was murdered by a fascist death squad at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Simon Watts introduces archive recordings of friends of Lorca and speaks to the Hispanist, Ian Gibson. This programme was first broadcast in 2010.

PHOTO: Federico Garcia Lorca around 1929 (Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Mon 15 Aug 2016 07:50GMT

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