Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca[a] (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca[b] (

English: /ɡɑːrˌsiːə ˈlɔːrkə/

gar-SEE-ə LOR-kə), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. 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.