In April, he moves to Valencia where he works for Hora de España. He publishes his elegy to Federico García Lorca, “A un poeta muerto (F. G. L.)” In the summer, he plays the role of Don Pedro in Mariana Pineda, directed by Altolaguirre, during the II International Congress of Antifascist Writers. He meets Octavio Paz

Víctor María Cortezo’s sketch for the character of Don Pedro in Federico García Lorca’s Mariana Pineda. Cernuda played this role in Valencia, 1937 Centro Cultural de la Generación del 27, Malaga