Machado, Antonio

Spanish lyric poet.

1875 - Born on the 26th of July in Seville.

1899 - Traveled with his brother to Paris to work as translators for a French publisher.

1901 - Wrote his poems published in the literary journal 'Electra'.

1907 - Published his work with the title Soledades. Galerías. Otros Poemas.

1909 - Married Leonor Izquierdo  daughter of the owners of the boarding house Machado was staying in.

1916 - Published Campos de Castilla published along with the first edition of Nuevas canciones.

1919-1931 - Professor of French in Segovia then he moved here to be nearer to Madrid, where Manuel lived.

1936 - Francisco Franco launched his coup d'état.

1938 - Machado was evacuated with his elderly mother and uncle to Valencia, and then to Barcelona.

1939 - On the 22nd of February that Antonio Machado died, just three days before his mother.