García Lorca was gay and suffered from depression after the end of his relationship with sculptor Emilio Aladrén Perojo. After a sojourn in New York City from 1929 to 1930-documented posthumously in Poeta en Nueva York ( Poet in New York, 1942)-he returned to Spain and wrote his best-known plays, Blood Wedding (1932), Yerma (1934), and The House of Bernarda Alba (1936). His poetry incorporated traditional Andalusian motifs and avant-garde styles. He initially rose to fame with Romancero gitano ( Gypsy Ballads, 1928), a book of poems depicting life in his native Andalusia. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature. Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( English: / ɡ ɑːr ˌ s iː ə ˈ l ɔːr k ə/ gar- SEE-ə LOR-kə), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.
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Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Philippa Gregory is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. Phillips is the only five-time winner of the Romance Writers of America Favorite Book of the Year Award. They have two grown sons, and live in Chicago, Illinois. Phillips and her husband, Bill, met on a blind date while in college. Her subsequent novels, were published under her own name. 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