Prados Such, Emilio

Emilio Prados Such

Poet and printer ascribed to the Generation of ’27, he was born in Málaga on March 4, 1899, and died in exile in Mexico City on April 24, 1962. From […]

Read More

Jiménez Fraud, Alberto

Alberto Jiménez Fraud

Spanish professor and pedagogue, secretary of the Committee for the Expansion of Studies and first director of the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence). Federico García Lorca spent several seasons there […]

Read More

Buñuel Portolés, Luis

Luis Buñuel

Spanish film director, companion and friend of Federico García Lorca during the early years of the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence) in Madrid. Luis went to primary and secondary school […]

Read More

Bello, Pepín (José Bello Lasierra)

José Bello Lasierra. / Photo: Students’ Residence Archive.

Spanish intellectual, friend of Federico García Lorca and fellow member of the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence) in Madrid. He was born in 1904, in Huesca (Aragon). He has been […]

Read More

Alberti Merello, Rafael

Rafael Alberti.

Spanish poet and playwright belonging to the Group or Generation of 27. Born in Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz) on December 16, 1902. His Italian grandparents and his grandmothers, one […]

Read More

Martínez Nadal, Rafael

Rafael Martinez Nadal

Writer and journalist, close friend of Federico García Lorca. He maintained a copious correspondence with him and has provided numerous valuable testimonies about his life and work. He is considered […]

Read More

Guillén Álvarez, Jorge

Jorge Guillén Álvarez

Spanish poet and literary critic. He was part of the Generation of ’27 along with Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Pedro Salinas, Gerardo Diego, Concha Méndez, Manuel Altolaguirre, Emilio Prados, […]

Read More

Dalí and Doménech, Salvador

Salvador Dalí

Spanish avant-garde painter, one of the leading representatives of surrealism. He had been a friend of Federico García Lorca’s since they met at the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence). They […]

Read More