pablo neruda

     

Pablo Nerua (July 12, 1904–September 23, 1973) was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto.

Trivia about pablo neruda

  • While north of his homeland he was inspired to write perhaps his greatest work, "Alturas de Macchu Picchu"
  • This poet was Chile's ambassador to France when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
  • Chilean poet to whom Massimo Troisi delivered mail as "The Postman"
  • In 1924 "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" established this Chilean poet's reputation
  • In 1945 this poet was elected a senator in Chile
  • His father disapproved of his poetry writing, so Chile's Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto adopted this pen name
  • Great Chilean poet known for his "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"
  • Born Neftali Reyes, this Nobel-winning Chilean poet penned "Elementary Odes" in 1954
  • In 1953 the Lenin Peace Prize went to this Chilean poet and diplomat
  • 1971:P.N.,Chile