Manuel machado biography

Spanish poet

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Machado and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.

Manuel Machado y Ruiz (29 August 1874 in Seville – 19 January 1947 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet and a prominent member of the Generation of '98.

Manuel Machado was the son of Antonio Machado Álvarez, a known folklorist Seville nicknamed "Demófilo", and Ana Ruiz.

Manuel Machado (poet) - Wikiwand

His brothers were also poets: Antonio Machado and José Machado. He inherited his father's love of the popular Andalusian character. Manuel was born in San Pedro Martir Street No. 20, spending his childhood in the Palacio de las Dueñas, where his family had rented one of the zones reserved for individuals. His whole family moved to Madrid when Manuel was 9, because his paternal grandfather had obtained a professorship at the Universidad Central.

The desire of all the three brothers was to study in the Free Institution of Teaching, led by Francisco Giner de lo Manuel Machado: biografía, estilo literario, ideología y obras KYWIF