Quick Facts About Antonio Machado
- Born
- July 26, 1875
- Died
- February 22, 1939
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Poet
- Notable works
- Guidelines for action plans for animal species: planning recovery
- Known for
- Campos de Castilla, Juan de Mairena, Soledades. Galerías. Otros poemas, File ar Fhile: Antonio Machado
- Spouse
- Leonor Izquierdo Cuevas
About Antonio Machado
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that, according to Machado, echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry."
Biography source:
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