Antonio Machado (1875-1939)
Antonio Machado was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of ’98.
symbolism
Paul Valéry (1871-1945)
Paul Valéry was a French poet, critic and philosopher, also interested in art, politics, science, history and music.
Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958)
Juan Ramón Jiménez was a Spanish poet and writer. He contributed to modern poetry by using the French concept of pure poetry. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956.
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore was a French poet and novelist, and one of the founders of French romantic poetry. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les Poètes maudits.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright, best-known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) . He was a spokesman for the Aesthetic movement, which advocated art for art’s sake. Wilde was imprisoned charged with “gross indecency” with men.
Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Federico Garcia Lorca is one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. He introduced symbolism, futurism, and surrealism into Spanish literature He was murdered by a Nationalist firing squad at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. His body has never been found.