The many voices of Pablo Neruda.(On Poetry)(The Poetry of Pablo Neruda)(Book Review)

From: The New Leader | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Pettingell, Phoebe | Copyright information

THE CHILEAN WRITER known as Pablo Neruda--who was born in 1904 and christened Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto--grew up with the 20th century, witnessing many of its historic events firsthand. Raised on a frontier populated by miners, cowboys, railroad men (his father was an engineer), farmers, and native tribes, he developed a lifelong passion for exotic places. As a young man he lived in Burma, Ceylon, Java, and Singapore as a consul for the Chilean government. Later he served in M...

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