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Pablo Neruda, recipient of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Parral, Chile. His original name was Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. His father was a railway worker, and his mother was a schoolteacher. She died when he was just an infant. Neruda was educated at the Instituto Pedagogico in Santiago and the University of Chile.
He first began writing poetry when he was ten years old and began contributing articles to the daily LA MANANA when he was 13. His first book, CREPUSCULARIO, was published when he was 19.
Pablo Neruda died of leukemia in Santiago, Chile in 1973.
CHRONOLOGY
1904 He was born in Parral, Chile.
1920 He became a contributor to the literary journal SELVA AUSTRAL
1921 He studied at the Instituto Pedagogico in Santiago.
1923 Crepusculario
1924
Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Cancion Desesperada (Twenty Love Songs And A Song Of
Despair)
1925
Residencia En La Tierra (Residence On Earth)
1926
Tentiva Del Hombre Infinito (Attempt Of The Infinite Man); Anillos (Rings)
1927
He was appointed Chilean consul in Burma.
1930
He married Maria Antonieta Hagenaar.
1933
El Hondero Entusiasta (Enthusiastic Slingshooter); Recidencia En La Tierre
(Residence On Earth)
1935
He was a Chilean consul in Spain.
1936
He and Maria Antonieta Hagenaar separated.
1937
Espana En El Corazon; He returned to Chile.
1939
He was a Chilean consul in Paris.
1943
He married Delia del Carril; he joined the communist party.
1944
Selected Poems
1945
He was elected to the Chilean senate.
1947
Tercera Residencia
1948
He was exiled from Chile.
1950
Canto General (Canto General)
1952
Los Versos Del Capitan (The Captain's Verses); He Returned To Chile.
1953
Poesia Politica; He Was Awarded The Lenin Peace Prize.
1954
Las Uvas Y El Viento; Odas Elementales I-Iii (Elementary Odes)
1955
He and Delia Del Carril separated.
1956
Nuevas Odas Elementales
1957
Tercer Libro De Las Odas
1958
Estravagario (Extravagaria)
1959
Navegaciones Y Regresos
1960
Cien Sonetos Del Amor (One Hundred Love Sonnets); Cansion De Gesta (Song Of
Protest); Las Piedras De Chile (Stones Of Chile); Cantos Ceremoniales
1961
Selected Poems
1962
Plenos Poderes (Fuly Empowered)
1964
Memorial De La Isla Negra (Isla Negra, A Notebook)
1966
Arte De Pajaros (Art Of Birds); La Casa De Arena (The House In The Sand); He
Married Matilde Urrutia.
1967
Falgor Y Muerte De Joaquin Murieta (The Splendour And Death Of Joaquin Murieta)
1968
Las Manos Del Dia
1969
Comiendo En Hungaria (Sentimental Journey Around The Hungarian Cuisine); Fin Del
Mundo; Early Poems; A New Decade; Aun (Still Another Day)
1970
La Espada Encendida; Las Piedras Del Cielo (Stories Of The Skies); He Was
Chile's Ambassador To France.; He Was The Communist Party's Candidate For The
Presidency.
1971
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
1972
Geografia Infructuosa
1973
Obras Completas; Confieso Haber Vivido; Incitacion Al Nixoncidio Y Alabanza De
La Revolucion Chilena (A Call For The Destruction Of Nixon And Praise For The
Chilean Revolution; He Died Of Leukemia In Santiago, Chile. (September 23)
1974
2000; El Mar Y Las Campanas (The Sea And The Bells); Elegia; Five Decades; El
Corazon Amarillo; El Libro De Preguntas; Jardin De Invierno (Winter Garden); La
Rosa Separada (The Separate Rose); Defectos Escogidos
1977
Para Nacer He Nacido (Passions And Impressions)
1982
El Fin De Viaje
1988
Late And Posthumous Poems 1968-1975
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