Border Of a Dream: Selected Poems

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

ANTONIO MACHADO (Sevilla, 1875-Collioure, 1939) está considerado como uno de los poetas esenciales del siglo XX. Perteneciente a una familia liberal, dedicó su vida a la enseñanza (en Soria, Baeza, Segovia, Madrid) y a la poesía. Sus Poesías completas constan de tres libros: Soledades, galerías y otros poemas (1907), Campos de Castilla (1912) y Nuevas canciones (1924), a los que se suman los poemas apócrifos de los heterónimos en sucesivas ediciones. Además de poeta singular, Machado es uno de nuestros prosistas más sugerentes. Salvo algunos artículos críticos de juventud, su obra en prosa comprende las meditaciones del poeta y retórico Abel Martín, además de las sentencias y donaires del socarrón Juan de Mairena.