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Presentation of "Lorca in Africa"
From May 10, 2013 until May 20, 2013
Historian Miguel Caballero will be presenting his work "Lorca en África. Crónica de un viaje al Protectorado Español de Marruecos (1931)" ("Lorca in Africa. Chronicle of a Trip to the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco [1931]") on May 20 in Madrid
The event, which will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Casa Árabe Auditorium (c/ Alcalá, 62), will also include attendance by the book’s author, who will be accompanied by Eduardo López Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe; Concha González-Badía Fraga, a Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at the IES Abroad Granada Foundation; and Juan Manuel Riesgo, a professor at the Institute of Humanities of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Vice-President of the Spanish Association of Africanists.
As if it were actually a diary, Miguel Caballero reveals the itinerary of the only journey Federico García Lorca made to the continent of Africa in late 1931. Along with Don Fernando de los Ríos, the Minister of Public Instruction, he crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to take a closer look at the reality of what was then the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco. This research works helps us get a better understanding of García Lorca’s involvement in the public life of the era he was fated to live in.
A historical researcher belonging to the Jiménez de Gregorio Institute of Historical Studies of Southern Madrid, of which he was a founding member and the first secretary in 1999, he is the official chronicler of Láchar (Granada) and a member of the Spanish Royal Association of Official Chroniclers.
Regarding the topic of Lorca, he has researched unseen aspects about the poet, always searching through documentary sources while fleeing from the pre-existing bibliography and oral tradition. As a result of this work, he has produced the following titles: “Federico García Lorca, Member of the National Music and Lyrical Theaters Board (1932-1934),” “García Lorca in Africa. Chronicle of a trip to the Spanish protectorate in Morocco,” “The Truth about García Lorca’s Murder. Story of a Family,” “García Lorca Through the Press (1924-1975)” and “Actors for Lorca’s Dramatic Theater” (the last two are not yet published).
A specialist in the local history of southern Madrid, he has published many historical research works on the towns in the south of what is today the Autonomous Region of Madrid, with the cooperation of the Universidad Carlos III in Leganés-Getafe.
He has participated as an advisor on several documentaries by director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, the most notable of which include: “Lorca, the Sea of Movement” and “Morente. Picasso's Barber.”
As if it were actually a diary, Miguel Caballero reveals the itinerary of the only journey Federico García Lorca made to the continent of Africa in late 1931. Along with Don Fernando de los Ríos, the Minister of Public Instruction, he crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to take a closer look at the reality of what was then the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco. This research works helps us get a better understanding of García Lorca’s involvement in the public life of the era he was fated to live in.
Miguel Caballero Pérez (1959, Sierra de Yeguas, Malaga)
A historical researcher belonging to the Jiménez de Gregorio Institute of Historical Studies of Southern Madrid, of which he was a founding member and the first secretary in 1999, he is the official chronicler of Láchar (Granada) and a member of the Spanish Royal Association of Official Chroniclers.
Regarding the topic of Lorca, he has researched unseen aspects about the poet, always searching through documentary sources while fleeing from the pre-existing bibliography and oral tradition. As a result of this work, he has produced the following titles: “Federico García Lorca, Member of the National Music and Lyrical Theaters Board (1932-1934),” “García Lorca in Africa. Chronicle of a trip to the Spanish protectorate in Morocco,” “The Truth about García Lorca’s Murder. Story of a Family,” “García Lorca Through the Press (1924-1975)” and “Actors for Lorca’s Dramatic Theater” (the last two are not yet published).
A specialist in the local history of southern Madrid, he has published many historical research works on the towns in the south of what is today the Autonomous Region of Madrid, with the cooperation of the Universidad Carlos III in Leganés-Getafe.
He has participated as an advisor on several documentaries by director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, the most notable of which include: “Lorca, the Sea of Movement” and “Morente. Picasso's Barber.”
