WRITER

Antonio Machado

1875 - 1939

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Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz (26 July 1875 – 22 February 1939), known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Machado has received more than 577,063 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Antonio Machado is the 755th most popular writer (down from 722nd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Spain (down from 221st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Spanish Writer.

Antonio Machado is most famous for his poetry.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poems
Los complementarios
Obras
Antología
Soledades, galerías, otros poemas
Campos de Castilla

Page views of Antonio Machados by language

Over the past year Antonio Machado has had the most page views in the with 462,000 views, followed by English (55,840), and French (32,517). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Extremaduran (201.65%), Ido (86.01%), and Luxembourgish (78.02%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antonio Machado ranks 755 out of 7,302Before him are Aelius Donatus, Christa Wolf, Clemens Brentano, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Ulrich von Hutten. After him are Jean Anouilh, Nestor the Chronicler, Epicharmus of Kos, Antonio Tabucchi, Klaus Ebner, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Antonio Machado ranks 26Before him are Marie of Romania, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Giovanni Gentile, Fritz Kreisler, Paul Landowski, and Zhang Zuolin. After him are Edgar Wallace, Matthias Erzberger, D. W. Griffith, Mihály Károlyi, Henri Lebesgue, and Albert Marquet. Among people deceased in 1939, Antonio Machado ranks 18Before him are Anton Makarenko, Karl Radek, Matthias Sindelar, Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Sapir, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. After him are Louis Wain, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Ambroise Vollard, Alexander Yegorov, Anthony Fokker, and Ghazi of Iraq.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio Machado ranks 236 out of 3,355Before him are Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Reccared I (510), Henry III of Castile (1379), Mariano Rajoy (1955), and Sergio Ramos (1986). After him are Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Huneric (450), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), and Eleanor of Castile (1241).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Antonio Machado ranks 25Before him are Tirso de Molina (1579), Camilo José Cela (1916), Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), and Luis de Góngora (1561). After him are Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Jorge Semprún (1923), Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836).