Pablo Neruda
Chile’s most beloved poet
Chile
• About twice the size
of Montana
• Pop. of 15 million
• 89% Roman Catholic
The life and times of Pablo Neruda
• Born in Parral, Chile in 1904
• Father was a government railway
worker
• Published poems under a false
name
More fun facts about Neruda
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Began long career as diplomat in 1927
Influenced by Spanish Surrealists
Died of Leukemia in 1973
Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1971
Original name: Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
Surrealism
Surrealism attempts to:
• shock the mind into a new way of thinking
• Free the mind from conscious control
• Blend the concepts of fantasy and reality
Pablo Neruda - The Odist
Ode - A poem of celebration
Keats
Ode to a Grecian Urn
Neruda
Ode to My socks