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Also Known As	Antonio Machado y Ruiz
Born	July 26, 1875 • Sevilla • Spain
Died	February 22, 1939 (aged 63) • France
Notable Works	“Campos de Castilla” • “Soledades” • “Soledades, galerías, y otros poemas”
Movement / Style	Modernismo
Notable Family Members	brother Manuel Machado

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Manuel Machado

Spanish author

Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

Spanish author

Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand.

Federico García Lorca

Spanish writer

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Juan del Encina

Spanish author and composer

Zorrilla y Moral, José

José Zorrilla y Moral

Spanish writer

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Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas

Spanish author

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José de Espronceda y Delgado

Spanish poet

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Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

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Miguel Hernández

Spanish author

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Gómez Manrique

Spanish author

Núñez de Arce, Gaspar

Gaspar Núñez de Arce

Spanish poet

Hartzenbusch, Juan Eugenio

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch

Spanish writer

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Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Spanish writer

Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901.

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian dramatist and poet

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Gil Vicente

Portuguese dramatist

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, detail of a portrait by Federico de Madrazo, 1857.

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

Cuban Spanish playwright

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Serafín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

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Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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A Study of Poetry

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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