Antonio Machín (su verdadero nombre era Antonio Lugo Machín) nació en Cuba. Fue autor e intérprete de boleros de fama mundial.
Miembro de una familia pobre de quince hermanos de la localidad cubana de Sagua la Grande, Antonio trabajó de niño en diversos oficios. Fueron sus padres un emigrante gallego, José Lugo Padrón, y una negra cubana, Leoncia Machín. Su abuela paterna era canaria, con lo que por sus venas corrían sangres españolas, africanas, canarias y americanas.
El final de su vida estuvo muy ligada a Sevilla. Aquí encontró el amor y aquí tuvo su último adiós en el cementerio sevillano de San Fernando.
Todos los años, en la fecha de su fallecimiento, los emigrantes cubanos visitan su tumba, la rocían de ron cubano y cantan sus canciones en su honor.
En la plaza de Carmen Benítez, frente a la Iglesia de los Negritos, podemos ver este monumento dedicado a su memoria.
Antonio Machín (his real name was Antonio Lugo Machín) was born in Cuba. He was an author and interpreter of boleros with world reputation.
Member of a poor family of fifteen brothers from Sagua la Grande, a Cuban locality, Antonio was employed of child at diverse trades. His parents were a Galician emigrant, Jose Lugo Padrón, and a Cuban negress, Leoncia Machín. His paternal grandmother was born in Canary Islands, so that for his veins were traversing Spanish, African, Canary and American bloods.
The end of his life was very unit to Seville. Here he found the love and here he had his last good-bye in San Fernando's Sevillian cemetery.
Every year, in the date of his death, the Cuban emigrants visit his tomb, spray it with Cuban rum and sing his songs in his honor.
In Carmen Benítez's square, opposite to the Church of the Black brothers, we can see this monument dedicated to his memory.
