Epistolario de José María Chacón y Calvo a Federico García Lorca

The Cuban writer, critic, folklorist, and diplomat, José María Chacón y Calvo (1882–1969) arrived in Madrid in 1918, and in that city he befriended Spanish intellectuals of his time. In 1922 he met Federico García Lorca and the two men quickly became fast friends. When Lorca visited Cuba in 1930, it was Chacón y Calvo who showed him Havana and who presented him at an important lecture in Caibarién. The surviving correspondence from Chacón to Lorca, in great part unedited until now, spans the years 1922 to 1927. The seventeen letters, cards, and signed photograph are presented here in chronological order with extensive notes on their contents. In the correspondence, Chacón writes of the Concurso de Cante Jondo, Lorca's Libro de poemas, the establishing of a Society of Friends of Art in Madrid, of his trips through Spain and Italy, of the 1926 hurricane which wreaked havoc in Cuba, and of mutual friends, Luis Buñuel, Manuel de Falla, Jorge Guillén, Eugenio d'Grs, Emilio Prados, Margarita Xirgu, and others.The Cuban writer, critic, folklorist, and diplomat, José María Chacón y Calvo (1882–1969) arrived in Madrid in 1918, and in that city he befriended Spanish intellectuals of his time. In 1922 he met Federico García Lorca and the two men quickly became fast friends. When Lorca visited Cuba in 1930, it was Chacón y Calvo who showed him Havana and who presented him at an important lecture in Caibarién. The surviving correspondence from Chacón to Lorca, in great part unedited until now, spans the years 1922 to 1927. The seventeen letters, cards, and signed photograph are presented here in chronological order with extensive notes on their contents. In the correspondence, Chacón writes of the Concurso de Cante Jondo, Lorca's Libro de poemas, the establishing of a Society of Friends of Art in Madrid, of his trips through Spain and Italy, of the 1926 hurricane which wreaked havoc in Cuba, and of mutual friends, Luis Buñuel, Manuel de Falla, Jorge Guillén, Eugenio d'Grs, Emilio Prados, Margarita Xirgu, and others.El escritor, crítico, folklorista y diplomático cubano José María Chacón y Calvo (1882–1969) llegó a Madrid en 1918, y en aquella ciudad hizo amistades con los intelectuales españoles de la época. En 1922 conoció a Federico García Lorca, y los dos pronto intimaron. Años después cuando Lorca visitó a Cuba en 1930, su gran amigo Chacón y Calvo le enseñó la ciudad de La Habana y lo presentó en su conferencia en Caibarién. El epistolario de Chacón a Lorca que se ha guardado, en gran parte inédito hasta ahora, va entre los años 1922 y 1927. Las 17 cartas, tarjetas postales y fotografía dedicada se presentan aquí en orden cronológico y con amplias notas. En esta correspondencia, Chacón escribe del Concurso de Cante Jondo, del Libro de poemas de Lorca, de la formación de una Sociedad de Amigos del Arte en Madrid, de sus viajes por España e Italia, del desastroso huracán de 1926 en Cuba, y de los amigos de los dos: Luis Buñuel, Manuel de Falla, Eugenio d'Ors, Emilio Prados, Margarita Xirgu, y otros

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