Meeting the "Duende": Sasha Sokolov Reads Federico García Lorca

Abstract

Sasha Sokolov’s short graphic composition Duende (“Zerkalo” 2006) is more than a personal and overt homage to the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca; it witnesses a deeper poetic and ‘spiritual’ connection between the two authors. Although unexplored by critics, references to Lorca can be traced in different literary works by Sokolov. The Spanish poet has always represented a source of reference and a model throughout Sokolov’s literary lifetime.

Keywords

• sasha sokolov
• federico garcía lorca
• duende
• russian contemporary literature
• intertextuality
• cante jondo
• music and poetry
• syncretism