The creative evolution of Federico García Lorca through letters, interviews and statements
Tribuna de Hispanistas indios
Federico García Lorca was one of the famous writers who liked to write letters. With the passage of time, a large volume of these letters have been published, through which we understand how his ideas for writing poems, writing literary magazines and later doing theater evolved. He wrote great works such as Blood Wedding, Yerma and House of Bernarda Alba among others. Lorca took these works to Argentina where they were very well received by the public. In interviews in Uruguay and other places he talked about how the works were created, especially since he had an original concept of creating theater. For example, Mariana Pineda, his only political work, does not follow history but rather reveals a poetic mentality of the author that is simply innovative. The poet visited Cuba and highly praised Cuban theater. Apart from poems and theater, Lorca has written great prose. Lorca has to his credit speeches, tributes, talks, etc. which are very important in knowing the peerless author of the 21st century in Spain.
About Prof. Tarun Ghatak
This month we have the participation of the Hispanist Prof. Tarun Ghatak in the Indian Hispanists Forum conference series. He studied Spanish in all the institutes in Kolkata that offered part-time courses. In 1975 he enrolled at Jawaharlal Nehru University to pursue his degree in Spanish although he could not complete it due to official obligations in Kolkata. Upon returning to Kolkata he dedicated himself to translating works of Spanish literature into Bengali that include 'Don Quixote', 'La Regenta', 'Doña Perfecta' 'Marianela', 'Epistolario Completo' by Federico Garcia Lorca, 'La Busca' etc. The Ministry of Culture gave him subsidies to publish these books. On retirement from the Audit Department of the Central Government he was selected as a part-time professor of language at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and gave courses at various prestigious centers in Kolkata including the Indian Institute for Management. He was one of the founders of Centro Cultural Cervantes but could not continue after 14 years. He was invited by the Instituto Cervantes to give an online talk in 2023 and to participate in the seminars held at the Kolkata Book Fair.
