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English Language Broadcast - Spain and memory with acclaimed biographer Ian Gibson - 30/05/23


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Madrid's Feria del Libro book fair began last Friday, and here at the English Language Broadcast we kicked off the three-week-long event with hispanist Ian Gibson. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Gibson has Spanish nationality and has dedicated the better part of his life to twentieth-century poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca, and has written about him extensively. Now, after a lifetime of writing biographies on important figures of Spain's contemporary history, he delves into his own past in 'Un Carmen en Granada', his latest book. We talk in depth about his life as a biographer and his love for Lorca and Spain at Spanish National Radio's own stand in the book fair, moments before one of his book signings.
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