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CCSE · Task 4 · Spanish culture and history

Who is the author of the play La casa de Bernarda Alba?

¿Quién es el autor de la obra de teatro La casa de Bernarda Alba?

  1. Miguel de UnamunoMiguel de Unamuno
  2. Federico García LorcaFederico García Lorca
  3. Antonio MachadoAntonio Machado
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✓ Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca wrote La casa de Bernarda Alba in 1936. It is a play about a strict mother who locks up her five daughters after her husband dies. Lorca, an Andalusian poet and playwright, belongs to the Generación del 27 and also wrote Bodas de sangre and the Romancero gitano. He was killed at the start of the Civil War, in 1936. Remember: Lorca equals 20th-century theatre and poetry.

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