The Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca

New York: New Directions Publishing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 180 pages. Bilingual edition, the original Spanish with the English translation on the opposite page. First published by New Directions Publishing in 1961, this is a tenth printing. Edited by Francisco Garcia Lorca and Donald M. Allen. The front boards is lightly rubbed and there's an ownership signature on the title page, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Born near Granada in Fuente Vaqueros, Spain, to a prosperous farm owner and a pianist, prominent 20th-century Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca studied law at at the University of Granada before relocating to Madrid in 1919 to focus on his writing. In Madrid he joined a group of avant-garde artists that included Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel. The group, collectively known as the "Generation of '27," introduced Lorca to Surrealism, a movement that would greatly influence his writing. Lorca published numerous volumes of poetry during his career, beginning with Impresiones y paisajes (1918). His lyrical work often incorporates elements of Spanish folklore, Andalusian flamenco and Gypsy culture, and cante jondos, or deep songs, while exploring themes of romantic love and tragedy." (Poetry Foundation)