Pablo neruda biography poetry and literature

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. His poetic mastery was never in doubt, and for it, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in Neruda died on September 23, , with subsequent investigations exploring whether he might have been poisoned. In , he contributed to the literary journal Selva Austral under the pen name Pablo Neruda, which he assumed in honor of Czech poet Jan Neruda.

In , he legally changed his name to his pseudonym. The next year, he moved to Santiago to study French at university but soon was back to writing poetry. Twenty Love Poems made Neruda a celebrity, and he thereafter devoted himself to verse.

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In , Neruda began his long diplomatic career in the Latin American tradition of honoring poets with diplomatic posts , and he moved frequently around the world. Over the next 10 years, Neruda would leave and return to Chile several times. Always left-leaning, Neruda joined the Communist Party of Chile in , but by , the Communist Party was under siege, and Neruda fled the country with his family.

In , the Chilean government withdrew its order to seize leftist writers and political figures, and Neruda returned to Chile once again. For the next 21 years, Neruda continued to write prodigiously, rising in the ranks of 20th century poets.

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The collection of his complete works , which is continually being republished, filled pages in ; by it amounted to 3, pages, in two volumes. Neruda was married three times. The couple married in and had a daughter, Malva Marina. Neruda and Maria separated by