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AUTHOR (1939 - Present)
Gibson was born in Dublin in 1939 and educated at Newtown school
in Waterford and Trinity College, Dublin. He lectured in Spanish
at Queen's University, Belfast, and then became Reader in Modern
Spanish Literature at London University. In 1975 he left academic
life to become a full-time writer - living first in France, then
in Madrid. At the time of writing he has his home near Granada.
Ian Gibson may be declared one of the highest worldwide authorities
on Lorca and Dali. His book "Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life"
won the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial
Prize and was named "Best Book of 1989" by the New York
Times and the Boston Globe.
Most recently, "The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali" is
perhaps the most thorough and ambitious biography of Salvador Dali
ever written. Gibson provides a full narrative of Dali's life as
artist and as uninhibited exhibitionist, and re-examines the roles
of the two most important individuals in the artist's life: the
Spanish playwright and author Federico Garcia Lorca and his enigmatic,
libidinous wife Gala.
As the author says, "What I have tried to create is a book that
will revive interest in both Dali and Lorca as well as awaken the
public's interest in biographies. In the relationship between Lorca
and Dali there are still many uncertainties but what we know is
fascinating."
Interview
Read Brenda Padilla's interview with Ian Gibson.
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