Ian Gibson was born in Dublin in 1939 and now holds Spanish nationality. Thanks to his books he has achieved the highest international recognition.

Prix International de la Presse, Nice (1972) for the Spanish-language edition of The Death of Lorca (Paris, Ruedo Ibérico, 1971).
Premio "Espejo de España", Editorial Planeta, Barcelona (1980), for En busca de José Antonio.
The Sunday Tribune (Dublin) Arts Award 1989, Literature, for Federico García Lorca. A Life.
Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, London, 1990, for Federico García Lorca. A Life.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Edinburgh, 1990, for Federico García Lorca. A Life.
Premio "Así Fue 1999", Editorial Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, for Lorca-Dalí. El amor que no pudo ser.
IX Premio Julián Besteiro de las Artes y las Letras, Unión General de Trabajadores, Madrid 2007
For his book Yo, Rubén Darío Ian Gibson was elected a corresponding Member of the Nicaraguan Academy.
 

The Shameful Live of Salvador Dalí

España (Español)
Anagrama
1998

España (Catalán)
Empuries
1998

EEUU
Norton
1998

Inglaterra
Faber & Faber
1997

Alemania
DVA
1998

República Checa
Slovart
2004

Rusia
Art Rodnik
1998

Federico García Lorca – A Life

Inglaterra
Faber & Faber
1989

EEUU
Pantheon
1989

Spain
Grijalbo, Plaza & Janés
I: 1985; II: 1987 1998

Germany
Insel
1991

France
Robert Laffont
1990

Holanda
Meulenhoff
1998

Dinamarca
Husets
1998

Suecia
Ateneum
1994

Grecia
Mikri Arkto
1998

Israel
Am Oved
1993

Brasil
Globo
1989

Japón
Chuokron-sha
1997

Film rights
The Disappearance of García Lorca
1997