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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 23, 2008 / Garcia Lorca in NYC, 1929

Garcia Lorca in NYC, 1929

Monday, June 23, 2008

When Federico Garcia Lorca attended Columbia University for one difficult year in 1929, he wrote some remarkable, strange, and beautiful poems. They’ve now been published in a new bilingual edition called Poet in New York; Pablo Medina and Mark Statman are the translators.


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  • [1] Josh from UWS June 23, 2008 - 01:12PM

    "Spanish is easily translatable into English"

    Leonard is really provincial!


  • [2] Tomas from Bergen County, New Jersey June 23, 2008 - 01:20PM

    Each langauge on earth has its own rhythm, gestalt, flow, culture, beauty... what works in one language may not work in another. That is not to say one language is more beautiful than another. It may be fair to say that the language you learn first from your parents/care-takers/loved-ones as a child is the richest, most poetic language of all.
  • [3] pk from NYC June 23, 2008 - 03:07PM

    Leonard,

    It is difficult to believe Mr. Lorca witnessed, in 1929, "stockbrokers" jumping from windows. As I know it to be, such incidents are anecdotal. Perhaps the young poet, at the time, was merely using his literary license to impress some folks at home? Or, perhaps, was Garcia one hell of a drama queen? By the way, may I say, his poetry is more melodic in Spanish. The words flow more trippingly on the tongue, so it appears.

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