Poetry Path: Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado was a poet and playwright affiliated with Spain’s Generation of ‘98. He was born July 26th, 1875, in Seville, and studied literature in Madrid and at the Sorbonne in Paris. His final collection of poems was Nuevas canciones (Mundo Latino, 1924). Machado died of pneumonia while fleeing to Paris in 1939, three years into the Spanish Civil War.

The Poetry Path is made possible through a partnership with Battery Park City Authority, partners in design and fabrication of the Poetry Path, with additional support from our Outreach Partner, Goldman Sachs. Special thanks to the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation for funding the Poetry Path planning process, and to the Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation for supporting Poetry Path educational initiatives for youth and children.