Pablo neruda poems
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Pablo Neruda
1904–1973
Who Was Pablo Neruda?
Poet Pablo Neruda stirred controversy with his affiliation with the Communist Party and his outspoken support of Joseph Stalin, Fulgencio Batista, and Fidel Castro. His poetic mastery was never in doubt, and for it, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda died on September 23, 1973, with subsequent investigations exploring whether he might have been poisoned.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Pablo Neruda
BORN: July 12, 1904
DIED: September 23, 1973
BIRTH CITY: Parral, Chile
SPOUSES: Maria Antonieta Hagenaar (1930–1936), Delia del Carril (1943–1954), and Matilde Urrutia (1966–1973)
CHILDREN: Malva Marina
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Cancer
Early Life
Pablo Neruda was born Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in the Chilean town of Parral in 1904. His father, José del Carmen Reyes Morales, worked for the railroad, and his mother, Rosa Basoalto, was a teacher who died shortly after his birth. His father moved the family to Temuco when Neruda was a toddler, and José remarried.
At age 13, he began his literary career as a co
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In 1969, the Communist Party named him a pre-candidate for President of the Republic. He himself withdrew his candidacy in favor of his friend, the socialist doctor Salvador Allende, who came to power in 1970. Neruda was then appointed ambassador to France. He was in Paris, carrying out that position, when he received the news of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.
On September 11, 1973, the government of President Allende was overthrown. Neruda, seriously ill, is transferred from his home on the coast, in Isla Negra, to a clinic in Santiago, where he dies on September 23. He is buried in the mausoleum provided by a family, from where he is later moved to a modest niche in the General Cemetery of Santiago. Only after the recovery of democracy, in December 1992, was his last wish fulfilled when, with great honors, he was buried on Isla Negra, where he rested next to Matilde Urrutia.
Neruda’s work, which includes 45 books, plus various compilations and anthologies, has been translated into more than 35 languages, is known in all countries of the world, an
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Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Reyes and the second or maternal family name is Basoalto.
Pablo Neruda | |
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Neruda in 1963 | |
| Born | Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (1904-07-12)12 July 1904 Parral, Maule Region, Chile |
| Died | 23 September 1973(1973-09-23) (aged 69) Santiago, Chile |
| Occupations | |
| Political party | Communist |
| Spouses | Marijke Antonieta Hagenaar Vogelzang (m. 1930; div. 1942)Delia del Carril (m. 1943; div. 1955) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | |
Pablo Neruda (nə-ROO-də;[1]Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpaβloneˈɾuða]ⓘ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.[2] Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrea
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