Quote of the day
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
Antonio Machado
Born: July 26, 1875
Died: February 22, 1939 (aged 63)
Bio: Antonio Machado, in full Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98.
Known for:
- Caminante, No Hay Camino
- Border of a dream
- Times alone
- Fields of Castile / Campos de Castilla (1912)
- There is no road