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Pablo Neruda was born on July 13, 1904 in Parral?, Chile. His mother died soon after he was born and his father was a railway employee. Neruda and his father soon moved to Temuco?, where his father remarried Doña Trinidad Candia Malverde. At thirteen, he submitted a few of his poems to the daily newspaper, La Mañana. His first poem was titled "Entusiasmo y perseverencia", or "Enthusiasm and Perseverance". In 1920 he sent more poems to the literary journal Selva Austral under the pen name Pablo Neruda, but his real name was Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He used a pen name to avoid conflict with his parents because they did not want him to become an author. He eventually got his name legally changed to Pablo Neruda.
Pablo Neruda is the pen name of the Chilean poet Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. Neruda was born on July 13, 1904 in Parral?, Chile. His mother died soon after he was born and his father was a railway employee. Neruda and his father soon moved to Temuco?, where his father remarried Doña Trinidad Candia Malverde. At thirteen, he submitted a few of his poems to the daily newspaper, La Mañana. His first poem was titled "Entusiasmo y perseverencia", or "Enthusiasm and Perseverance". In 1920 he sent more poems to the literary journal Selva Austral under the pen name Pablo Neruda. He used a pen name to avoid conflict with his parents because they did not want him to become an author. He eventually got his name legally changed to Pablo Neruda.

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Neruda had his first poems published in Crepusculario. The following year he published his second book of poems, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, or Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair. This is one of his best known works. The Heights of Macchu Picchu is considered one of his best works.
Neruda had his first poems published in Crepusculario. The following year he published his second book of poems, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, or Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair. This is one of his best-known works. The Heights of Macchu Picchu is considered one of his best works.

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Neruda had three wives, María Antonieta Hagenaar, Delia de Carril, and Matilde Urrutia. He married María in 1930, but they divorced in 1936. He lived with Delia from the 1930’s to when they were divorced in 1955. They were married in 1943. In 1966, he married Matilde Urrutia.

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Neruda joined the Republican? movements in Spain and France in 1937 after the Spanish Civil War. He was an anarchist for a while, but later joined the [Communist Party]? of Chile in 1945. He also ran for president of Chile once, but stepped out of the race to give his support to [Salvador Allende]?. Politics influenced many parts of his life – his job, his poems, and his death. He was very concerned about social justice and equality, which is reflected in many of his poems.
Neruda had three wives, María Antonieta Hagenaar, Delia de Carril, and Matilde Urrutia. He married María in 1930, but they divorced in 1936. He lived with Delia from the 1930s until they were divorced in 1955. They were married in 1943. In 1966, he married Matilde Urrutia.

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Pablo Neruda and his poems won many awards. For example, for his poem The Heights of Macchu Picchu won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He won the [Lenin Peace Prize]? in 1953. He also won the [Stalin Prize]?.
Neruda joined the Republican? movements in Spain and France in 1937 after the Spanish Civil War. He was an anarchist for a while, but later joined the [Communist Party]? of Chile in 1945. He also ran for president of Chile once, but stepped out of the race to give his support to [Salvador Allende]?. Politics influenced many parts of his life ? his job, his poems, and his death. He was very concerned about social justice and equality, which is reflected in many of his poems.

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He died on September 23, 1973 of leukemia. The Pinochet? takeover of the democratically socialist? government probably disheartened him and quickened his death.
Pablo Neruda and his poems won many awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He won the [Lenin Peace Prize]? in 1953. He also won the [Stalin Prize]?.

He died on September 23, 1973 of leukemia. The Pinochet? overthrow of the democratically elected socialist? government of Chile probably disheartened him and quickened his death.

Pablo Neruda is the pen name of the Chilean poet Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. Neruda was born on July 13, 1904 in Parral?, Chile. His mother died soon after he was born and his father was a railway employee. Neruda and his father soon moved to Temuco?, where his father remarried Doña Trinidad Candia Malverde. At thirteen, he submitted a few of his poems to the daily newspaper, La Mañana. His first poem was titled "Entusiasmo y perseverencia", or "Enthusiasm and Perseverance". In 1920 he sent more poems to the literary journal Selva Austral under the pen name Pablo Neruda. He used a pen name to avoid conflict with his parents because they did not want him to become an author. He eventually got his name legally changed to Pablo Neruda.

Neruda had his first poems published in Crepusculario. The following year he published his second book of poems, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, or Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair. This is one of his best-known works. The Heights of Macchu Picchu is considered one of his best works. Neruda studied French and education at the [University of Chile]?. In 1927 the government gave him honorary consulships to many countries. These jobs let him travel to seven different countries, including Spain. While he was an ambassador, Neruda read and tried many different types of poems. During that time, he wrote many surrealistic poems for which later became famous.

Neruda had three wives, María Antonieta Hagenaar, Delia de Carril, and Matilde Urrutia. He married María in 1930, but they divorced in 1936. He lived with Delia from the 1930s until they were divorced in 1955. They were married in 1943. In 1966, he married Matilde Urrutia.

Neruda joined the Republican? movements in Spain and France in 1937 after the Spanish Civil War. He was an anarchist for a while, but later joined the [Communist Party]? of Chile in 1945. He also ran for president of Chile once, but stepped out of the race to give his support to [Salvador Allende]?. Politics influenced many parts of his life ? his job, his poems, and his death. He was very concerned about social justice and equality, which is reflected in many of his poems.

Pablo Neruda and his poems won many awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He won the [Lenin Peace Prize]? in 1953. He also won the [Stalin Prize]?.

He died on September 23, 1973 of leukemia. The Pinochet? overthrow of the democratically elected socialist? government of Chile probably disheartened him and quickened his death.


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