Antonio Machado Ruiz (Seville, July 26, 1875-Colliure, February 22, 1939) was a Spanish poet, the youngest representative of the Generation of 98. His early work, of a modernist style (like his brother Manuel's), evolved towards a symbolist intimacy with romantic features, which matured into a poetry of human commitment, on one hand, and contemplation of existence, on the other; a synthesis that in Machado's voice echoes the most ancestral popular wisdom. In the words of Gerardo Diego, "he spoke in verse and lived in poetry"
He was one of the distinguished students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE), with whose ideals he was always committed. He died in exile in the agony of the Second Spanish Republic.
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