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Paris, Jun 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Valderrama) The manuscript of the poem Romance de la luna luna, which opens the Romancero Gitano by Federico García Lorca and which was handwritten and dedicated to his friend José Mora Guarnido , has been auctioned in Paris for 47,880 euros, sources from Sotheby's told EFE this Friday.FOOTAGE OF HISTORICAL PIECES IN SOTHEBY´S. SOUNDBITES FROM Patricia de Fougerolle, director of Sotheby's books and manuscripts department TRANSLATION1. We have here the only known manuscript of the opening poem of Federico García Lorca's famous Romancero Gitano collection of poems. It is the poem that opens it and is called Romance de la Luna Luna.2. This poem is dedicated to his friend José Mora Guarnido, whom he met in Andalusia when they were still very young and whom he will see again in Latin America, in Uruguay, in Montevideo, in 1934.3. This poem, when they were still young and Federico García Lorca read it to his friend, he promised to dedicate it to him. When the compilation was published, Federico finally dedicated it to his sister, Conchita, but when he saw his friend again in Uruguay in 1934, while Federico García Lorca is on tour, to make himself forgive a little, he offered him the manuscript.
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