Pablo Neruda

Chilean writer NeftalÍ Ricardo Reyes Basoalto used the pen name Pablo Neruda to publish his poetry and was considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.

Also a politician, Neruda was voted senator of the Republic of Chile and also joined the Chilean Communist Party in 1945.

At the early age of 13, Neruda published his first work in La Mañana, a daily publication in Chile. In 1920 he contributed to the literary journal, Selva Austral, under his pen name Pablo Neruda which he adopted in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda.

Neruda published his first book in 1923, Crepusculario followed by Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Throughout his life he continued to write and died to cancer in 1973.

• 1923: Crepusculario
• 1924: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
• 1933: Residence on Earth
• 1950: Canto General
• 1952: The Captain's Verses
• 1959: One Hundred Love Sonnets
• 1967: Barcarole

• July 12, 1904: Born in Parral, Southern Chile

• July 18, 1917: Appears in "La Mañana" under the name of Neftalí Reyes

• 1918: As Neftalí Reyes publishes first poem in the Corre-Vuela magazine

• 1921: Publishes first poems as Pablo Neruda

• June 1927: Neruda's positions within the Chilean government begin

• December 6, 1930: Marries María Antonieta Haagenar Vogelzanz

• May 7, 1938: Organizes the Intellectuals Chilean Alliance

• July 8, 1945: Officially becomes a member of the Chilean Communist Party

• December 28, 1946: Changes name to Pablo Neruda

• January 3, 1948: Lives underground

• February 1949: Uses a friend's passport and heads for Europe

• 1950: International Peace Award for his poem “Que despierte el leñador”.

• October 1971: Undergoes surgery for prostate cancer

• September 23, 1973: Dies

• Wikipedia: Pablo Neruda Publications List

• 1981: Earth tones

• 1988: The Sea and the Bells

• 1990: Absence and Presence

• 1999: Windows that Open Inward