Abstract
Of all the public tributes dedicated to Antonio Machado in Spain during the Franco dictatorship, ‘Paseos con Antonio Machado’ (Baeza, Jaén, 1966) is perhaps the one which has elicited more literature, mostly of a memorialistic kind, due to the special
circumstances in which it took place. Most accounts of the event speak of a frustrated homage, since the Francoist authorities banned it at the last minute. In this article,
drawing from the information provided by more than a hundred new documents found in the Caballero Bonald Foundation, special attention is paid to one of the aspects of the tribute that has barely been dealt with in the existing bibliography on
the subject: its international projection. Through the use of epistolary, archival and
journalistic sources, the international repercussion of ‘Paseos con Antonio Machado’
is examined and a reconsideration is made of the success or failure of the tribute in light of the objectives pursued by a cultural event that should be framed within the context of the anti-Francoist struggle.
circumstances in which it took place. Most accounts of the event speak of a frustrated homage, since the Francoist authorities banned it at the last minute. In this article,
drawing from the information provided by more than a hundred new documents found in the Caballero Bonald Foundation, special attention is paid to one of the aspects of the tribute that has barely been dealt with in the existing bibliography on
the subject: its international projection. Through the use of epistolary, archival and
journalistic sources, the international repercussion of ‘Paseos con Antonio Machado’
is examined and a reconsideration is made of the success or failure of the tribute in light of the objectives pursued by a cultural event that should be framed within the context of the anti-Francoist struggle.
| Translated title of the contribution | “The international resonance of a homage forbidden in late-Francoist Spain: ‘Walks with Antonio Machado’ (Baeza, 1966)” |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 767-795 |
| Journal | Bulletin of Hispanic Studies |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Sept 2024 |