Pablo Neruda

Also known as Nieh-lu-ta, Pamplo Nerouda, Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, Bāblū Nīrūdā, Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, Nieluda, Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, Neftali Reyes Basualto

Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973)

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Pablo Neruda, born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto on 12 July 1904 in Parral, Chile, was a poet, diplomat, politician, and lyricist. He wrote in Spanish and French, producing works in the genres of poetry and prose. His notable publications include *Sky stones*, *Altitud democrática de Chile*, and *Poesía política*. He was educated at the University of Chile and was a member of the Communist Party of Chile.

Neruda received the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Prize for Literature (Chile), and the International Stalin Prize for Peace. He was also a member of the Modern Language Association, the Academy of Arts of the GDR, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Santiago on 23 September 1973.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 12 July 1904
Died: 23 September 1973
Works: 638

Top works

Sky stones
Altitud democrática de Chile [por el] presidente de la nación, escritores y pueblo
Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
Para Albertina Rosa
Poesía política

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Film & TV

Linares, Maule, Chile

Pablo Neruda, pseudonym and later legal name of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, was a Chilean poet and politician.

Known for

Sara Facio: Having Been There — Material de archivo fotográfico2024
Cantalao — Self (archive footage)2018
Solitary Land — Self (archive footage)2017
The Inconclusive Independence — Self (archive footage)2010
Biografías — Self (archive footage)2002
Neruda en el corazón — Self1993
Memorial Train — Archive footage1975
Venceremos, solidaridad — Self (archive footage)1973
Langlois-Keaton à Paris — Self1962
Ese desconocido — Himself1960

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Chile
Active from: 1904
Active to: 1973

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Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 8,372
Total plays: 52,152

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1971
“for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ricardo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Chile
Place of birth: Parral
Place of death: Santiago
Spouse: Matilde Urrutia
Occupation: writer
Educated at: University of Chile
Political party: Communist Party of Chile
Languages spoken: French
Native language: Spanish
Religion: atheism
Award: Order of the Sun of Peru
Field of work: politics
Genre: prose
Image: Pablo Neruda 1963.jpg
Political ideology: communism

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Commons category: Pablo Neruda
date of birth: 1904-07-12
date of death: 1973-09-23
Commons gallery: Pablo Neruda
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
topic's main category: Category:Pablo Neruda
pseudonym: Pablo Neruda
birth name: Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
Commons Creator page: Pablo Neruda
name in native language: Pablo Neruda
start of work period: 1922-00-00
writing language: Spanish
influenced by: Arthur Rimbaud
interested in: news
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
end of work period: 1973-00-00
has works in the collection: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

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Encyclopedic overview

Pablo Neruda (/nəˈruːdə/ 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, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924).

Neruda occupied many diplomatic positions in various countries during his lifetime and served a term as a senator for the Chilean Communist Party. When President Gabriel González Videla outlawed communism in Chile in 1948, a warrant was issued for Neruda's arrest. Friends hid him for months, and in 1949 he escaped through a mountain pass near Maihue Lake into Argentina; he would not return to Chile for more than three years. He was a close advisor to Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende; Neruda served as Chile's ambassador to France under his presidency. When he went back to Chile after accepting his Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Allende invited him to read at the Estadio Nacional before 70,000 people.

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