![]() In 1899, he and his brother traveled to Paris to work as translators for a French publisher. While completing his Bachillerato in Madrid, economic difficulties forced him to take several jobs including working as an actor. During these years-with the encouragement of his teachers-Antonio discovered his passion for literature. The family moved to Madrid in 1883 and both brothers enrolled in the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. He was a grandson to the noted Spanish folklorist, Cipriana Álvarez Durán. Machado was born in Seville, Spain, one year after his brother Manuel. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry." Biography 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. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz (26 July 1875 – 22 February 1939), 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. 1 T18:33:24-04:00 "Caminante, no hay camino / Traveler, There Is No Road" by Antonio Machado (Favorite Poem Project) 1 "Caminante, no hay camino / Traveler, There Is No Road" by Antonio Machado, read by Emilio Aponte-Sierra (Guidance Counselor, Artist, West Palm Beach, FL).1 T14:14:30-05:00 Our Parents' Debts, #83 in the podcast series Terrible, Thanks for Asking, contributed by Sarah Rodriguez (2019) 4 plain T14:56:21-04:00. ![]()
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