Resting place of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca may soon be known . For years , Lorca descendants have argued that Lorca -- whose poems and plays are widely studied at universities , including his `` Poet in New York '' -- should not be exhumed , mainly so that he would not be seen as more important than the many other Civil War victims thought to be in nearby mass graves . Legal permission been granted permitting excavation of mass grave near Granada . Lorca killed in 1936 by General Franco 's forces during Spanish Civil War . Thousands of Spaniards killed in the civil war still thought to be in mass graves .
Resting place of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca may soon be known . Legal permission been granted permitting excavation of mass grave near Granada . Lorca killed in 1936 by General Franco 's forces during Spanish Civil War . Thousands of Spaniards killed in the civil war still thought to be in mass graves .