The year is 1929 and Federico García Lorca embarks on a journey to New York in search of distance: from a broken heart, from the overwhelming success of Gypsy Ballads and from the environment that no longer offers him solace. In the city of skyscrapers, he finds modernity, avant-garde trends, and a newfound freedom to observe, experiment, and write.

From those nine months in North America, he was born Poet in New York, one of the most personal, groundbreaking, and visionary collections of poems in 20th-century Spanish lyric poetry. Published posthumously, the book captures the poet's wonder, critique, and alienation in the face of an industrialized society marked by racism, rampant capitalism, and urban dehumanization.

This edition, published by Editorial Alma, is part of its collection Illustrated ClassicsWith a contemporary visual design and hardcover binding, this fundamental text is brought to new readers without losing its symbolic intensity or the committed and poetic voice of its author.