Lorca

On 19th August 1936 the Fascists under General Franco fresh from their victory over Republican Spain executed one of the world’s greatest poets - Federico Garcia Lorca but his legacy of writing on love death and the human condition outlives anything achieved by his murderers.

"I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace." - Federico Garcia Lorca

Interesting fact: Leonard Cohen named his daughter after the poet he most admired.