AntonioMachado

Has my heart gone to sleep?

Made by Anastasia Kotlyar. E-mail:bobka06@mail.ru

Outline1. Introduction

2. What you did not know about the poet-some facts to consider

3. Antonio Machado’s life from childhood to death

4. The poet’s heritage

5. In memory of the poet

6. One of his works

7. Conclusion

8. References

IntroductionWho was Antonio Machado?

One of the most famous Spanish poets

of the 20-th century, one would probably answer. But that’s the simplest response.

What were the hidden sides of his life?

What you did not now about the poet!

• Antonio Machado was born in Sevilla

• One of his grandfathers was the governor of Sevilla

• And another one was the first to introduce Darwinism in Spain

• Antonio Machado was a Leo person and often reflected this fact in his works

• He married his wife at the age of 34 when she was only 15

Antonio Machado’s life

• Childhood and early years

• Family life

• Latter years

Childhood and early years• was born in Seville on 26

July, 1875

• enrolled in the Institución Libre de Enseñanza in 1883

• after 2 years discovered his passion to literature

• then spend a couple of years in Paris working as a translator

Family life• had brother Manuel who was his

best friend and supporter

• married the girl who was much younger than he

had to run away to avoid rumors

• was devastated by the death of his wife devoted all poems to her

• had no children

BUT! Had a secret affair with a married woman

Latter years• after the death of his wife

published a vast array of poems

• cooperated with his brother and produced a number of plays

• worked as a professor in Instituto de Segovia

• participated in the Civil War

• Died at the age of 63

The poets heritage

• description of his style

• a list of the most important works

Antonio Machado’ s style

• cultivated the dynamic openness of social realism

• his works are characterized with strong personal links

• great attention is paid to the description of nature

• he develops the Spanish archetypes

Major publications

• Soledades (1903)

• Soledades. Galerías. Otros poemas (1907)

• Campos de Castilla (1912)

• Poesías completas (1917)

• Nuevas canciones (1924)

• Poesías completas (1936, cuarta edición)

• Juan de Mairena

Memory of the poet

• Theatre Zorrilla stages a popular play about his life

• There is a house-museum of Antonio Machado in Segovia

• There is a couple of his portraits in Segovia’ s Gallery

Fields of SoriaHills of silver plate,

grey heights, dark red rocksthrough which the Duero bends

its crossbow arcround Soria, shadowed oaks,

stone dry-lands, naked mountains,white roads and river poplars,

twilights of Soria, warlike and mystical,today I feel, for you,

in my hearts depths, sadness,sadness of love! Fields of Soria,

where it seems the stones have dreams,you go with me! Hills of silver plate,

grey heights, dark red rocks.

Conclusion Hopefully with the help of this

presentation you have managed to discover not only about the personality of

Antonio Machado but also about the reasons for his fame. What’s more you

might have been conquered by his thought-provoking poems.

If you are intrigued by the life of this person you are free to follow the references given at the back of this presentation as there is much more to learn about this outstanding person.

References

1. Johnston, Philip (2002).The power of paradox in the work of Spanish poet Antonio Machado

2. Spanish Reading of Soledades, galerias y otros poemashttp://www.classicistranieri.com/antonio-machado-soledades-galerias-y-otros-poemas-1899-1907-audiolibro-mp3-lettura-di-valerio-di-stefano.html

3. Antonio Machado in Encyclopedia Britanicahttp://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/354525/Antonio-Machado