Manuel Machado

Spanish poet (1874-1947).

Born August 29th, 1874 in Seville.

Died January 19th, 1947 at 72 years old in Madrid.

Occupations
archivist, civil servant, librarian, poet, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde