Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. García Lorca's first book of poems was published in 1921. In 1928, he published Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads), which became his best known book of poetry.