Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, born Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida on February 17, 1836, in Seville, and dead in Madrid on December 22, 1870, became one of the most beloved and influential voices in Spanish poetry despite publishing no definitive collection of his poems during his lifetime. His reputation rests chiefly on the Rimas, brief lyric poems of extraordinary intimacy, and the Leyendas, prose tales in whic…
“Love is poetry; religion is love. Two things resembling a third are equal to each other.”
Neighbourhood:
Love Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Romantic Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Spirituality, Wonder
In the annals of Spanish literature, few figures burn as brightly or cast as haunting a shadow as Federico García Lorca (1898-1936). A poet, playwright, and theatrical director whose life was cut tragically short at the age of 38, Lorca embodied the creative ferment of early 20th-century Spain while giving voice to the deepest currents of human passion, death, and desire. His work, saturated with the rhythms of Andal…
“The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, LGBTQ+ Poets, Modernist Poets, Poet-Musicians
Emotional landscape: Longing, Despair, Sorrow
