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Pablo Neruda

(1904–1973) Librettist Chile

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Pablo Neruda was a librettist from Chile, best known for Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada.

Quick Facts About Pablo Neruda

Born
July 12, 1904
Died
September 23, 1973
Nationality
Chile
Profession
Librettist
Notable works
Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
Known for
Canto General, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Q5839976, Arte de pájaros, Q18432683
Spouse
Matilde Urrutia

About 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).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Nobel Prize in Literature Order of the Aztec Eagle Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition National Prize for Literature (Chile) Atenea Award World Peace Council prizes International Stalin Prize for Peace Golden Wreath
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Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos Viareggio-Versilia International Prize honorary doctor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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