sculptor and professor of fine arts Emilio Herrera Linares (1879–1967), military engineer and physicist Melchor Fernández Almagro (1893–1966), literary critic, historian and journalist Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), poet and dramatist Francisco García Lorca (1902-1976), diplomat, writer from the Generation of '36 and historian Isabel García Lorca (1909–2002), teacher and writer Luis Rosales Camacho (1910–1992), poet and essayist from the Generation of '36 José Tamayo (1920–2003), theatre director Manuel Jiménez de Parga (b. 1929), lawyer, politician, diplomat and jurist Miguel Ríos (born 1944) rock singer and composer (1946–2000), singer-songwriter Manuel Orantes (born 1949), tennis player Javier Egea (1952–1999), considered one of the most important Spanish poets of the 1980s Luis García Montero (born 1958), poet and literary critic Chus Gutiérrez (born 1962), film director, actress and journalist María José Rienda Contreras (born 1975), ski racer Pilar Ramírez Tello (born 1976), English-Spanish translator who translated The Hunger Games and Divergent series to Spanish Pablo Aguilar Bermúdez (born 1989), basketball player Lidia Redondo (born 1992), gymnast Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (born 1993), Scotland international rugby union player (born in Granada, but moved to Scotland at age 3) Twin towns and sister cities Granada shares twin cities status with these cities: Aix-en-Provence, France, 1979 Tetuán, Morocco, 1988 Tlemcen, Algeria, 1989 Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 1989 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 1991 Marrakech, Morocco, 1994 Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2002 See also Gate of the Ears Rafael Guillén El Fandi History of the Jews in Spain Synod of Elvira Memories of the Alhambra Notes References Sources Cortés Peña, Antonio Luis and Bernard Vincent. Historia de Granada. 4 vols. Granada: Editorial Don Quijote, 1983. Historia del reino de Granada. 3 vols. Granada: Universidad de Granada, Legado Andalusí, 2000. External links City council of Granada Granada Tourism Guide Granada city guide at HitchHikers Handbook Webcam Granada/Alhambra Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Granada Capitals of former nations Historic Jewish communities