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PABLO NERUDA

BORN:JULY 12 1904 PARRAL, CHILE

DEATH: SEPTEMBER 23 1973

SANTIAGO, CHILE.

INTRODUCTION

Occupation: Poet, diplomatNationality: Chilean

Noble Awards: Noble Prize in Literature 1971

EARLY & LATER LIFEHe chose his pet name after the Czech poet Jan

Neruda . In 1971 Neruda won the Noble Prize for Literature.

N e r u d a b e c a m e k n o w n a s a p o e t w h i l e s ti l l a te e n a g e r. H e w r o te i n va r i e ti e s o f s t y l e s i n c l u d i n g s u r r e a l i s t p o e m s , historic

epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography & erotically charged love poems such

as the ones in his 1924 collection 20 love poems & song of despair.

LIFE AS A POET

He often wrote in GREEN ink, which was his personal symbol for desire & hope. The Colombian novel ist Gabriel Gracia Marquez once cal led him “the greatest poet of the 20 t h century in any language.

PARTICIPATION

On July 15 1945 at PACAEMBU STADIUM in SAU

PAULO, BRAZIL, he read to 100,000 people in honour of the

COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY leader LUIS CARLOS PABLO NERUDA was the pen name

Prestes.

FAMOUS WORKS IN LITERATURE

• World's End (Copper Canyon Press, 2009) • The Hands of the Day (Copper Canyon Press, 2008 • The Book of Questions (Copper Canyon Press, 1991,

2001• The Yellow Heart (Copper Canyon Press, 1990, 2002 • Stones of the Sky (Copper Canyon Press, 1990, 2002 • The Sea and the Bells (Copper Canyon Press, 1988,

2002 • Winter Garden (Copper Canyon Press, 1987, 2002

LIFETIMEDuring his lifetime Neruda occupied many diplomatic positions & served as a senator for the CHILEAN COMMUNIST PARTY.

HIS MOST FAMOUS QUOTES

OTHER QUOTES

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

I grew up in this town , my poetry was born between the hill & the river , it took its voice from the rain, & like timber, it steeped itself in the forest

“You can cut all the flowers but you can’t

keep the spring from coming.”

-Pablo Neruda

THE END

By-The English Faculty, SPS