Birth Name: Antonio Cipriano Jose María Machado Ruiz
Place of Birth: Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Date of Birth: 26 July, 1875
Place of Death: Colliure, France
Date of Death: 22 February, 1939
Ethnicity: Spanish [Andalusian, Extremaduran], possibly other
Antonio Machado was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of ’98.
Antonio was born in Seville, Andalusia, the son of Antonio Machado Álvarez, born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, and Ana Ruiz Hernández.
Antonio’s paternal grandfather Antonio Machado y Núñez was born in Cádiz, Andalusia (the son of Francisco Machado Rodríguez.
Antonio’s paternal grandmother Cipriana Álvarez Durán (the daughter of José Álvarez Guerra and Cipriana Durán y de Vicente Yáñez). José was born in Zafra, Extremadura. Cipriana was the daughter of Francisco Durán, native of Puebla de Maestre, Extremadura.
Antonio’s maternal grandfather a man surnamed Ruiz.
Antonio’s maternal grandmother a woman surnamed Hernández.