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Pablo Neruda

1904 - 1973

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Pablo Neruda ( nə-ROO-də; Spanish pronunciation: [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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pablo Neruda is the 88th most popular writer (down from 87th in 2019), the most popular biography from Chile (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Writer.

Pablo Neruda is most famous for his book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" which was published in 1924.

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Among writers, Pablo Neruda ranks 88 out of 7,302. Before him are D. H. Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, Abu Nuwas, Kālidāsa, Maxim Gorky, and Du Fu. After him are George Bernard Shaw, Maurice Maeterlinck, Kurt Vonnegut, Giorgio Vasari, Milan Kundera, and Heinrich Heine.

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Among people born in 1904, Pablo Neruda ranks 4. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer, Salvador Dalí, and Deng Xiaoping. After him are Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Seuss, Umberto II of Italy, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Cary Grant, Jean Gabin, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and B. F. Skinner. Among people deceased in 1973, Pablo Neruda ranks 4. Before him are Pablo Picasso, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Bruce Lee. After him are David Ben-Gurion, Salvador Allende, Erich von Manstein, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pearl S. Buck, Fulgencio Batista, and W. H. Auden.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Pablo Neruda ranks 1 out of 321. After him are Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), Gabriela Mistral (1889), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), and Luis Sepúlveda (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Pablo Neruda ranks 1. After him are Gabriela Mistral (1889), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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