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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the twentieth century in the Spanish language. It has been translated into many languages; in English, the translation was made by poet W. S. Merwin in 1969. 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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Original Language
Spanish 1
Composed, From (Year)
1924 1
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Authored By

Pablo Neruda, Authors
Source Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Lyric Poetry, Genres
Source Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Wikipedia)
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    Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair...is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19.
  • Original language statement
    Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
  • Lead paragraph
    Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the 20th century in the Spanish language.
  • Authored By: Pablo Neruda, Lead section, authorship
    Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair...is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
  • In Genre: Lyric Poetry, Lead section, genre
    poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
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