Machado, Antonio
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| born on | 26 July 1875 at 04:30 (= 04:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Seville, Spain, 37n23, 5w59 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m5w59 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   02°45'   07°15 Asc. 26°00'
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Biography
Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98.
Machado received a doctoral degree in literature in Madrid, attended the Sorbonne, and became a secondary school French teacher. He rejected the modernism of his contemporaries and adopted what he called “eternal poetry,” which was informed more by intuition than by intellect. Three stages can be distinguished in his artistic evolution. The first, typified by the poems in Soledades (1903; “Solitudes”) and Soledades, galerías, y otros poemas (1907; “Solitudes, Galleries, and Other Poems”), established his links with romanticism. These poems are concerned largely with evoking memories and dreams and with the subjective identification of the poet with natural phenomena, especially the sunset. In his second stage Machado turned away from pure introspection, and in Campos de Castilla (1912; “Plains of Castile”) he sought to capture the stark landscape and spirit of Castile in a severely denuded and sombre style. His later works, Nuevas canciones (1924; “New Songs”) and Poesías completas (1928; “Complete Poems”), express profound Existential views and reflect on the solitude of the poet. He also wrote plays in collaboration with his brother Manuel and a collection of philosophical reflections with strong Existentialist overtones, Juan de Mairena (1936). A strong supporter of the Spanish Republic, Machado fled Spain when the Republic collapsed in early 1939; he died soon afterward in exile on 22 February 1939.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Ruiz Hernandez, Ana (born 25 February 1854)
- child->parent relationship with Demofilo (born 6 April 1846)
- spouse relationship with Izquierdo Cuevas, Leonor (born 12 June 1894)
- sibling relationship with Machado Ruiz, Cupriana (born 26 October 1885)
- sibling relationship with Machado, Manuel (born 29 August 1874)
Source Notes
Casellanos quotes birth certificate
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74292393/datos%20natales/Partida%20de%20naci miento%20de%20Antonio%20Machado.jpg
Fis birth time is mentioned in the book of Enrique Baltanás The Machado.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
