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El hombre que delató a García Lorca: Ramón Ruiz Alonso y el asesinato de García Lorca
Un libro apasionante en el que Ian Gibson reexamina, a la luz de nueva documentación, el caso del obrero amaestrado de la CEDA, cuyo nombre está unido indisolublemente a la muerte de Federico García Lorca, el poeta español más amado y más llorado de todos los tiempos. En el verano de 1932 llega a Granada un enemigo fanático del socialismo. Nacido en Salamanca en 1903 y educado por los salesianos, Ramón Ruiz Alonso, tipógrafo de profesión, ha llegado a odiar, en Madrid, a los líderes del PSOE. Al conseguir trabajo en los talleres granadinos del recién fundado diario Ideal, de Editorial Católica, no tarda en lanzarse al combate contra ellos. Elegido en 1933 diputado por Granada de la CEDA -la poderosa coalición dirigida por Gil Robles- se convierte durante el llamado Bienio Negro en el político reaccionario más agresivo, más fanfarrón y más célebre de la provincia. Aunque las derechas vuelven a ganar en Granada en febrero de 1936, los resultados son anulados por las Cortes del Frente Popular y Ruiz Alonso pierde su escaño en la elección parcial de mayo. A partir de entonces empieza a conspirar activamente contra la legalidad republicana y regresa a Granada en julio, unos días antes que García Lorca, para participar en los acontecimientos que se avecinan. Un mes después es Ruiz Alonso quien detiene al autor de Bodas de sangre en casa de la familia Rosales y lo lleva al Gobierno Civil. ¿Fue también el responsable de la denuncia que condujo al vil asesinato del genio?
278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 2, 2016
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Ian Gibson
242 books96 followersIan Gibson (born 21 April 1939) is an Irish author and Hispanist known for his biographies of Antonio Machado, Salvador Dalí, Henry Spencer Ashbee, and particularly his work on Federico García Lorca, for which he won several awards, including the 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. His work, La represión nacionalista de Granada en 1936 y la muerte de Federico García Lorca (The nationalistic repression of Granada in 1936 and the death of Federico García Lorca) was banned in Spain under Franco.
Born into a Methodist Dublin family, he was educated at Newtown School in Waterford and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin. He became a professor of Spanish literature at Belfast and London universities before moving to Spain. His first novel, Viento del Sur (Wind of the South, 2001), written in Spanish, examines class, religion, family life, and public schools in British society through the fictitious autobiography of a character named John Hill, an English linguist and academic. It won favourable reviews in Spain.
Gibson has also worked in television on projects centering around his scholarly work in Spanish history, having served as a historical consultant and even acting in one historical drama.
He was granted a Spanish passport in 1984.
Born into a Methodist Dublin family, he was educated at Newtown School in Waterford and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin. He became a professor of Spanish literature at Belfast and London universities before moving to Spain. His first novel, Viento del Sur (Wind of the South, 2001), written in Spanish, examines class, religion, family life, and public schools in British society through the fictitious autobiography of a character named John Hill, an English linguist and academic. It won favourable reviews in Spain.
Gibson has also worked in television on projects centering around his scholarly work in Spanish history, having served as a historical consultant and even acting in one historical drama.
He was granted a Spanish passport in 1984.
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