Antonio Machado Ruiz is considered one of the best poets in the Spanish language of the 20th century. His poems are still read and memorized in many Spanish schools around the world, and his tomb in Collioure is a popular tourist attraction for Spanish people visiting the region.
"Nuevas canciones" was published in 1924. Written partly in Baeza and partly in Madrid, it still has some of the nostalgic tone present in his first works.