Sonnets of Dark Love

Overview

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), wrote The Tamarit Diván and the Sonnets of Dark Love in the last years of his life. In translating these powerful poems, Jane Duran and Gloria García Lorca have tried to remain as close as possible to Lorca's words and to his emotional and sensuous intensity. This bilingual edition also includes essays by two acclaimed Lorca scholars.

Author Biography

Jane Duran was born in Cuba, the daughter of a Spanish exile and an American mother. Together with Gloria García Lorca she translated Lorca's Gypsy Ballads (Enitharmon, 2011). She received a Cholmondeley Award in 2005. Gloria García Lorca was born in NYC during her parents' exile from Spain. She is the daughter of the poet's younger brother Francisco, and Laura de los Ríos. Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) is one of the most popular of modern European poets and playwrights. His poems and plays about creation, desire and death have been translated into dozens of languages and transformed into song, ballet, opera and painting.