Portal de Turismo de Castilla y León

Dates

October 3, 2025

When?

Soon

Link

To know more

Poetic rumors: Antonio and the Machado and Guiomar brothers

They were poets on opposing sides in a Civil War that bled the blood of 1930s Spain. The first was considered an obsolete poet, yet his verses never go out of style: neither then nor now. He is known as the poet of Castile, the poet of the countryside, or Spain's most beloved poet: Antonio Machado. The second, overshadowed by his younger brother and by the scorn of later critics and poets, who considered him a traitor to the Republican cause, combines a taste for popular forms and Andalusian folklore, albeit with a more pessimistic conception of existence: Manuel Machado. And there is also a third Machado, who grew up both personally and literarily in the shadow of the previous ones: Francisco Machado. Today, in Poetic Rumors, we talk about the Machado brothers... but above all about Antonio...

Two professors, Rocío Martín Martín and M Esther Sánchez Hernández, enthusiasts of literature, poetry, and curiosities and anecdotes, will participate.

Mª Esther Sánchez Hernández holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and is a singer and rhapsodist. She specializes in genres and comedy and has worked in production for the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Pentación Espectáculos, and Artimaña Producciones. She has also taught literature and storytelling. She is currently a full-time teacher in the Vocational Training program in the field of Image and Sound. She enjoys writing, reciting, teaching, and researching.

Rocío Martín Martín is a teacher and journalist. She has worked as director of Estudios Roma and is currently a professor of Language and Literature at the IES Lucía de Medrano and in the Language Department of the University of Burgos. As a broadcaster, she has collaborated with Radio Ecca, TV Canarias, Channel 8's La Lengua Desatada, and Canal Arte's Invitation au Voyage, among others. A restless, curious, and professional woman, she enjoys constant learning, sports, and sharing anecdotes.

Auditorium at the Casa de las Conchas. Free admission until capacity is reached.