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Pablo Neruda
Writing Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair and the epic Canto General.
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair · Residence on Earth
- Born
- 12 July 1904
- Birthplace
- Parral, Chile
- Died
- 23 September 1973
More people
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet whose writing ranged from intimate love lyrics to the history and politics of Latin America.
Early life
Temuco
Grew up in southern Chile.
Writing
Published as a teenager before moving to Santiago to study French.
Career
- 1920s
Young poet
Built a readership through poetry collections.
- 1927 onward
Diplomatic postings
Served in Asia and later Europe while continuing to write.
- 1971
Nobel Prize
Received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Selected work
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Combined sensual imagery with loss.
Residence on Earth
Developed a darker, surreal poetic voice.
Canto General
Traced Latin American history in an expansive poetic cycle.
Beyond work
Public office
Served as a Chilean senator and later ambassador to France.
Exile
Left Chile in 1949 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: Unknown ( Mondadori Publishers ). Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
