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About Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet, diplomat and politician
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician. He won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature, and became known as a poet at 13. His work ranged widely, from surrealist poems and historical epics to political manifestos and a prose autobiography. He is also known for passionate love poetry, including the poems in Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, published in 1924.
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Books by Pablo Neruda
Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
1969
Confieso que he vivido
2001
Memorial de Isla Negra
1982
Poems
1994
Canto general
1968