Border Of a Dream: Selected Poems

Antonio Machado (1875 1939) is Spain's master poet, the explorer of dream and landscape, and of consciousness below language. Widely regarded as the greatest twentieth century poet who wrote in Spanish, Machado like his contemporary Rilke is intensely introspective and meditative.

In this bilingual collection, the unparalleled translator Willis Barnstone returns to the poet with whom he first started his distinguished career, offering a sweeping assessment of Machado's work. In addition, Border of a Dream includes a reminiscence by Nobel Laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez and a foreword by John Dos Passos.

Born near Seville, Spain, Machado turned to a career in writing and translating in order to help support his family after the death of his father. He fled Spain after the outbreak of civil war and died in exile in France.