Pablo Neruda, born Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes Basoalto, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. He became known as a poet at thirteen and wrote in a wide range of styles, including the surrealist and passionate love poems of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924), while also holding diplomatic posts and serving as a senator for the Chilean Communist Party. A close advisor to Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende, he served as Chile's ambassador to France under Allende's presidency and read before 70,000 people at Estadio Nacional after accepting his Nobel Prize. He died in September 1973, shortly after the coup d'etat that overthrew Allende's government; though his death was officially attributed to prostate cancer, a 2023 toxicology report confirmed the presence of a toxin in his remains, reopening the question of whether he was poisoned. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardCommander of the Order of the Sun of Peru. 1 AwardGrawemeyer Award for Music Composition, 2008. 1 Awardhonorary doctor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 1 Awardhonorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos. 1 AwardInternational Stalin Prize for Peace, 1953. 1 AwardNational Prize for Literature (Chile), 1945. 1 AwardNobel Prize in Literature, 1971. 1 AwardOrder of the Aztec Eagle. 1 AwardViareggio-Versilia International Prize, 1967. 1 AwardWorld Peace Council prizes, 1955. 1 Classification
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Why is the poet known as Pablo Neruda a pen name?
He took the name Neruda in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda.
Pablo Neruda was not the name he was born with. In 1920 he began contributing to the literary journal Selva Austral under the pen name Pablo Neruda, which he adopted in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda, who lived from 1834 to 1891.
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Pablo Neruda ... was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Pablo Neruda, born Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes Basoalto, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904 - 23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, political manifestos, a prose autobiography,...
Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: National Prize for Literature (Chile)
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: World Peace Council prizes
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: International Stalin Prize for Peace
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Atenea Award
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Viareggio-Versilia International Prize
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: honorary doctor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Golden Wreath
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Award: Order of the Aztec Eagle
Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904-23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair...is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
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