Pablo+Neruda

 Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda was a Chilean "poet, diplomat, and politician" (2) that also won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is considered one of the most important Latin-American poets of the 20th century (2) for his poems. Although he was most famed for his love poems, he also wrote surrealist, historical, and political poems. (11). Because of some controversial works praising such oppressive leaders as Stalin and Castro, Neruda was also criticized and said to be unworthy of his Nobel Prize. An example from his work titled, __Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Dispair__: " Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write for example, 'the night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.' The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too".(12) Back to main page