Federico García Lorca's close friend, Writer. From 1936-76, Nadal worked in London as university lecturer, broadcaster at the BBC's Bush House (1940-44) and as Spanish affairs correspondent of the Observer (1944-53). In 1939, he had helped Stephen Spender on a translation of Lorca's poems, writing a lengthy introduction, but it was not until his retirement that his literary life really began. He worked with Kathleen Raine on her 1969 translation of Calderón's Life Is A Dream, and in 1981 he translated her poems into Spanish. In 1972, he finally published Lorca's openly sexual, unfinished play El Público. The reaction of the Lorca family was fierce: they sought to suppress publication, hating any reference to the playwright's homosexuality. There were essays and books on Lorca, but never enough, and many secrets of Lorca's private life go to the grave with Nadal. Among his woks (often published under the pseudonym Antonio Torres) are Luis Cernuda, el hombre y sus temas; José Castillejo, el hombre y su quehacer en 'La Voz de Londres'; Antonio Torres, De la BBC a 'The Observer'; Republicanos y monárquicos en el exilio, 1944-1956; Miguel de Unamuno, Dos viñetas, y José María Quiroga Pla, hombre y poeta desterrados en París (1951-1955).
Federico García Lorca's close friend, Writer. From 1936-76, Nadal worked in London as university lecturer, broadcaster at the BBC's Bush House (1940-44) and as Spanish affairs correspondent of the Observer (1944-53). In 1939, he had helped Stephen Spender on a translation of Lorca's poems, writing a lengthy introduction, but it was not until his retirement that his literary life really began. He worked with Kathleen Raine on her 1969 translation of Calderón's Life Is A Dream, and in 1981 he translated her poems into Spanish. In 1972, he finally published Lorca's openly sexual, unfinished play El Público. The reaction of the Lorca family was fierce: they sought to suppress publication, hating any reference to the playwright's homosexuality. There were essays and books on Lorca, but never enough, and many secrets of Lorca's private life go to the grave with Nadal. Among his woks (often published under the pseudonym Antonio Torres) are Luis Cernuda, el hombre y sus temas; José Castillejo, el hombre y su quehacer en 'La Voz de Londres'; Antonio Torres, De la BBC a 'The Observer'; Republicanos y monárquicos en el exilio, 1944-1956; Miguel de Unamuno, Dos viñetas, y José María Quiroga Pla, hombre y poeta desterrados en París (1951-1955).
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