Tuesday 27 May 2008

ANTONIO MACHADO

He was born in Sevilla in 1875 and later, he lived in Madrid where he studied.

This author belongs to literate movement known as Generation of 98. Probably, he is one of poet who everybody reads nowadays.

In 1893, he published his first text in prose while his first poems appeared in 1901.

He travelled to Paris in 1899, town which he visited in 1902 again. In this year, he met Rubén Darío, who was his best friend. In the same date, he met Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Juan Ramón Jiménez… in Madrid.
He was chosen member of Real Spanish Language Academic.


THE SUN IS A FIRE BALLOON

The sun is a fire balloon.
the moon is a purple disc.
A white dove stays
at the centenarian cypress.
The pictures of myrtles
look powdered.
A quiet garden and a quiet afternoon!
Water sounds in a marble fountain.

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