Some images stubbornly survive the passage of time. Federico García Lorca, one of the most important Spanish-language poets of the 20th century, was murdered in August 1936 by a firing squad of soldiers from the Francoist side and buried so that no one would ever find him again. Today, however, we can see his face again, with perfect clarity, in a 1920s car, climbing a mountain. He is in the back seat with other people. The images could be from 1932, and he was traveling with the legendary theater company La Barraca. It is one of the few moving images of one of the great exponents of the Generation of '27 and an internationally renowned author.

In the autumn of 1935, ninety years ago this year, Barcelona was gripped by a wave of enthusiasm for the plays of Federico García Lorca. There were 142 performances of four of his plays in three different theaters: The silly lady, Yerma, Blood Wedding and Doña Rosita the spinster, which was a world premiere. During his stay of about four months in the city to prepare everything, Lorca reunited with Dalí after being estranged for many years. He also met Gala, but he didn't like her and she became jealous.