Federico García Lorca — a remark

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“The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet.”

Describing artistic inspiration as something bodily and instinctive · Lecture, Theory and Play of the Duende

About Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

5 June 1898–19 August 1936

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…

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