biography
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Neruda, Pablo
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pseudonym of Neftali Ricardo Reyes y Basualto
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pronunciation:
[nerootha]
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| lived:
| (1904–73)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Parral, C Chile. He studied at Santiago, and made his name with Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1924, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair). From 1927 he held diplomatic posts in various East Asian and European countries. Returning to Chile (1943), he joined the Communist Party, and was elected to the Senate (1945). He travelled in Russia and China (1948–52), and was later the Chilean ambassador in Paris (1970–2). His other works include Residencia en la tierra (1925–31, Residence on Earth) and Canto general (1950, General Song). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. |
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