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Pablo Neruda's Chile
On this day in 1904, Pablo Neruda was born in Parral, Chile, as Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. The headmistress of his hometown high school was Gabriela Mistral, Chile's other Nobel winner; when he was sixteen years old, Neruda knocked on her door, handed over his poems, and returned three hours later to receive her judgment that he was "indeed a true poet." |
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"Elementary Odes"
Find English-language translations of:
"Ode To Conger Chowder"
"Ode To Wine"
"Ode To Tomatoes"
"Ode To Maize"
"Ode To a Large Tuna in the Market"
"Ode To a Chestnut on the Ground"
"Ode To an Artichoke"
"Ode To a Lemon"
"Ode To Salt" |  | Academy of American Poets
Find a biography, poetry, bibliography, and links. Selected poems include "Nothing But Death," and an excerpt from The Book of Questions.
"In 1952 the government withdrew the order to arrest leftist writers and political figures, and Neruda returned to Chile and married Matilde Urrutia, his third wife (his first two marriages, to Maria Antonieta Haagenar Vogelzang and Delia del Carril, both ended in divorce). For the next twenty-one years, he continued a career that integrated private and public concerns and became known as the people's poet." | | Pablo Neruda
Features a biography, information about the poet's literary influences (Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel de Cervantes, and William Blake), a bibliography, and discussion of themes in Neruda's works.
"Even in times of great happiness, however, Neruda tended to slip dark imagery into his poetry. Indeed, read in a different light, even his love poems can be seen as a subtle but powerful cry against life's tragedies. Neruda's periods of happiness were interspersed with times of extreme depression, which often resurfaced during his travels in Europe and Asia. Neruda was often forced by politics or financial troubles to abandon his friends, his country, and even his wives; in such times the passion he had reserved for these loves often turned inward and resulted in a gnawing loneliness. ... The ups and downs in Neruda's personal life led him to seek out and attempt to describe the essence of life. It was in this quest for understanding and oneness that he most closely resembled, and sometimes mimicked, Whitman...." | | Pablo Neruda Resources, University of Chile
A Spanish-language website produced by the Universidad de Chile. Offers an extensive overview of Neruda's life and accomplishments. | | Pablo Neruda, 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature
Neruda was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams." Visit the official Nobel website for an author biography, Neruda's Nobel Lecture and Diploma, and other resources. | |
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, and the book art featured is by Jim Rosenau.
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