Manuel Machado (poet)
Manuel Machado Ruiz (born August 29, 1874 in Seville , † January 19, 1947 in Madrid ) was a Spanish poet and the brother of Antonio Machado .
Life
Manuel Machado was born in Seville, the son of the writer and anthropologist Antonio Machado Álvarez and Ana Ruiz. When he was nine years old, the family moved to Madrid, where Machado studied literature, published his first poems and met other poets such as Juan Ramón Jiménez . He became head of the Museo Municipal and worked as a journalist. In 1938 he was appointed a member of the Real Academia Española . Together with his brother Antonio he created several plays, including “La Lola se va a los Puertos”, “La duquesa de Benamejí”, “La prima Fernanda”, “Juan de Mañara”, “Las adelfas”, “El hombre que murió” en la guerra ”or“ Desdichas de la fortuna o Julianillo Valcárcel ”. Politically, however, they took different directions: Manuel on the side of Franco's supporters , to whom he also dedicated a poem, Antonio on the side of the Republicans. In literary terms, Manuel is also counted as part of Modernismo , Antonio part of the Generación del 98 .
plant
Manuel Machado devoted himself to the study of flamenco and Andalusian folklore and wrote his poetry in this style ( coplas, seguidillas, soleares etc.). He also wrote numerous sonnets and romances.
Poems (Collected Works)
- Poesías completas: Soledades, Galerías, Campos de Castilla . Ed .: Manuel Alvar. Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid): Ed. Espasa Calpe, 2006. (Colección Austral; 33) ISBN 84-670-2150-0
literature
- Alonso Seoane, María José: Doce comentarios a la poesía de Manuel Machado. [Seville]: Secretariado de Publ. De la Univ. de Sevilla, 1975. (Colección de bolsillo; 39) (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla) ISBN 84-600-1809-1
- Baltanás, Enrique: Los Machado: una familia, dos siglos de cultura española. Seville: Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006. ISBN 84-96556-25-5
- Brotherston, Gordon: Manuel Machado. A revaluation . Cambridge: University Press, 1968.
- Tuñón de Lara, Manuel: Antonio Machado: poeta del pueblo . Madrid: Taurus, 1997. ISBN 84-306-0012-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Manuel Machado in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Literature by and about Manuel Machado in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Manuel Machado in the catalog of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Germany
- Biography and Poems (in Spanish)
- Some poems in Spanish
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Machado, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Machado y Ruiz, Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1947 |
| Place of death | Madrid |