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Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda 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).
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politics · Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician (1904–1973) · poet · diplomat · politician · lyricist · autobiographer · writer · ambassador · consul · librettist · also Pablo Neruda, Nieluda, Neftalí Reyes Basualto, Neftalí Reyespeneto, Pāplō Nerūda, Neftali Ricardo Reyes
Born 12 July 1904 · Died 23 September 1973 · Q34189
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2026· 26 entries
“I think of him as a very fine poet, a very fine poet. I don”
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Pressenza - International Press Agency: Poeta uruguaya Circe Maia recibe Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda 2026 otorgado por Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio - Pressenza
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La Tercera: La premonición de la muerte de Federico García Lorca que reveló Pablo Neruda
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traficozmg.com: Choque entre tres vehículos deja una persona lesionada en Pablo Neruda
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TV Azteca Jalisco: ÚLTIMA HORA | Cierran calle Pablo Neruda por volcadura de vehículo; ¿hay lesionados?
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Vivir Ediciones: Centro Cultural Pablo Neruda amplía cursos 2026-2027
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La Tercera: Federico García Lorca y Pablo Neruda: una gran amistad destruida por la Guerra Civil Española
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GUB.UY: Circe Maia recibe el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda 2026
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Clarin.com: Pablo Neruda y sus caracolas: la fascinante colección que donó a la Universidad de Chile - Radio Vida Maciá
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OkDiario: Pablo Neruda, poeta y premio Nobel de Literatura: «El niño que no juega no es niño, pero el hombre que no j...
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La Discusión: Destinarán más $128 millones para enfrentar anegamientos en sector Pablo Neruda de Quirihue
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OkDiario: Pablo Neruda, poeta y premio Nobel: «El niño que no juega no es niño, pero el hombre que no juega perdió pa...
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El Diario de Madrid: Circe Maia recibe el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía “Pablo Neruda”.
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Telde Actualidad: Un altercado en Poeta Pablo Neruda moviliza a Policía Nacional y SUC
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quirihuenoticias.cl: En septiembre comenzarán obras de mejoramiento del sector Pablo Neruda en Quirihue -
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Diario Jornada: Circe Maia recibió el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda 2026
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ArchDaily: Concurso Internacional de escultura "Cantalao" en homenaje al poeta Pablo Neruda en Isla Negra, (V Región de Chile)
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G5noticias: Escuela Pablo Neruda transforma el hito de aprender a leer en una experiencia de identidad: sus estudiantes escribieron y leyeron su propia historia escolar
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La Nación: Circe Maia, la primera autora uruguaya en recibir el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda
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Caras y Caretas: Premio Pablo Neruda: Circe Maia recibió importante reconocimiento poético
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El Observador: Otro triunfo de la literatura uruguaya en el exterior: la poeta Circe Maia ganó el premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda
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La Tercera: Circe Maia y la belleza de lo cotidiano: tras los pasos de la ganadora del Premio Pablo Neruda 2026
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Letralia, Tierra de Letras: La uruguaya Circe Maia, premio Pablo Neruda
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ladiaria.com.uy: Circe Maia recibirá el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda
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Montevideo Portal: La uruguaya Circe Maia ganó el Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda 2026
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2023· 2 entries
A team from McMaster University and the University of Copenhagen confirmed the presence of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria in Neruda's bloodstream, although it is not clear if this contributed to his death
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A toxicology report confirmed the presence of Clostridium botulinum in Neruda's teeth, indicating that he had in fact been poisoned
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2017· 1 entry
It was reported that an international panel of 13 forensic experts had determined that there was no indication Neruda had died of cancer, and that they had identified evidence of a potentially "laboratory cultivated bact
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2015· 1 entry
Acknowledging that "it was clearly possible and highly likely" that Neruda was killed as a result of "the intervention of third parties"
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2013· 2 entries
Judge Mario Carroza ordered Neruda's remains exhumed for forensic testing
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Also supported claims that he was suffering from prostate cancer when he died
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2011· 1 entry
An investigation was opened after Manuel Araya, Neruda's former personal assistant and driver, came forward with claims that Neruda had been murdered at the direction of Pinochet
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (2008).
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The writer Roberto Ampuero published a novel, El caso Neruda, about his private eye Cayetano Brulé where Pablo Neruda is one of the protagonists
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1998· 1 entry
Ortega expanded the piece into an opera, leaving Neruda's text intact
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1974· 1 entry
His Memoirs appeared under the title I Confess I Have Lived, updated to the last days of the poet's life, and including a final segment describing the death of Salvador Allende during the storming of the Moneda Palace by
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1973· 3 entries
Died 1973-09-23.
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“Podrán cortar todas las flores, pero no podrán detener la primavera.”
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“Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos.”
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1972· 1 entry
Won Golden Wreath (1972).
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1971· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1971).
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Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize, a decision that did not come easily because some of the committee members had not forgotten Neruda's past praise of Stalinist dictatorship
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Career landmark: ambassador of Chile to France (1971–1972).
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1970· 1 entry
Neruda was nominated as a candidate for the Chilean presidency but ended up giving his support to Salvador Allende, who later won the election and was inaugurated in 1970 as Chile's first democratically elected socialist
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded Viareggio-Versilia International Prize (1967).
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Neruda wrote several articles regretting the loss of a "great hero"
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1966· 1 entry
Neruda was invited to attend an International PEN conference in New York City
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Atenea Award (1964).
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1959· 1 entry
Neruda was present when Fidel Castro was honored at a welcoming ceremony hosted by the Central University of Venezuela
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1957· 2 entries
“What has estranged me from the Chinese revolutionary process has not been Mao Tse-tung but Mao Tse-tungism.”
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Neruda wrote: "What has estranged me from the Chinese revolutionary process has not been Mao Tse-tung but Mao Tse-tungism
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded World Peace Council prizes (1955).
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded International Stalin Prize for Peace (1953).
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Neruda was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize
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1949· 1 entry
Escaped through a mountain pass near Maihue Lake into Argentina; he would not return to Chile for more than three years
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1948· 2 entries
Finding himself threatened with arrest, Neruda went into hiding
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A warrant was issued for Neruda's arrest
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1946· 1 entry
The Radical Party's presidential candidate, Gabriel González Videla, asked Neruda to act as his campaign manager
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1945· 2 entries
Awarded National Prize for Literature (Chile) (1945).
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Career landmark: senator of Chile (1945–1948).
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1943· 2 entries
At the age of eight, having spent most of her short life with a foster family in the Netherlands after Neruda ignored and abandoned her, forcing her mother to work to support her care
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Upon his return to Chile, Neruda embarked on a tour of Peru, where he visited Machu Picchu
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1940· 1 entry
Following the failed assassination attempt against Leon Trotsky, Neruda arranged a Chilean visa for the Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, who had been accused of involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate Trotsky
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1938· 1 entry
Neruda was appointed special Consul for Spanish emigrants in Paris
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1934· 1 entry
The product of his first marriage to María Antonia Hagenaar Vogelzang
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1927· 1 entry
Out of financial desperation, he took an honorary consulship in Rangoon, the capital of British-ruled Burma, then administered from New Delhi as a province of British India
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1926· 1 entry
Neruda published the collection tentativa del hombre infinito (venture of the infinite man) and the novel El habitante y su esperanza (The Inhabitant and His Hope)
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1923· 1 entry
His first volume of verse, Crepusculario (Book of Twilights), was published by Editorial Nascimento, followed the next year by Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a song of despair), a
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1921· 1 entry
At the age of 16, Neruda moved to Santiago to study French at the Universidad de Chile with the intention of becoming a teacher
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1919· 1 entry
Participated in the literary contest Juegos Florales del Maule and won third place for his poem "Comunión ideal" or "Nocturno ideal
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-07-12.
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