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Antonio Machado

1875 - 1939

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Machado is the 837th most popular writer (down from 754th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Spain (down from 236th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Writer.

Antonio Machado is most famous for his poetry.

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Among writers, Antonio Machado ranks 837 out of 7,302. Before him are Bacchylides, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, and Miroslav Krleža. After him are Stesichorus, Jamal Khashoggi, William McMaster Murdoch, Luis Sepúlveda, Daniel Goleman, and Ibycus.

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Among people born in 1875, Antonio Machado ranks 32. Before him are Fritz Kreisler, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Edgar Wallace, Giovanni Gentile, William D. Leahy, and Henri Lebesgue. After him are Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Landowski, Matthias Erzberger, Zhang Zuolin, Mihály Károlyi, and Albert Marquet. Among people deceased in 1939, Antonio Machado ranks 22. Before him are Karl Radek, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Douglas Fairbanks, James Naismith, Matthias Sindelar, and Ferdinand von Lindemann. After him are Anthony Fokker, Louis Wain, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Otto Rank, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio Machado ranks 261 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Pompeia Plotina (65), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Fernando Alonso (1981), Fernando Rey (1917), and Muhammad I of Granada (1194). After him are George Santayana (1863), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Isidore the Laborer (1080), Liuvigild (525), and Felipe González (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Antonio Machado ranks 26. Before him are Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Columella (4), Lucan (39), Judah Halevi (1079), and Joseph of Anchieta (1534). After him are Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Prudentius (348), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Silius Italicus (26), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), and Abraham Abulafia (1240).

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