Poema Vii - Music

Pablo Neruda Spanish ˈpaβ̞lo̞ Ne̞ˈɾuð̞a July 12 1904 – September 23 1973 Was The Pen Name And Later Legal Name Of The Chilean Poet Diplomat And Politician Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He Chose His Pen Name After Czech Poet Jan Neruda. In 1971 Neruda Won The Nobel Prize For Literature. Neruda Became Known As A Poet While Still A Teenager. He Wrote In A Variety Of Styles Including Surrealist Poems Historical Epics Overtly Political Manifestos A Prose Autobiography And Erotically-Charged Love Poems Such As The Ones In His 1924 Collection Twenty Love Poems And A Song Of Despair. He Often Wrote In Green Ink As It Was His Personal Symbol For Desire And Hope With His Poetry. Colombian Novelist Gabriel García Márquez Once Called Him "the Greatest Poet Of The 20th Century In Any Language." On July 15 1945 At Pacaembu Stadium In São Paulo Brazil He Read To 100 000 People In Honor Of Communist Revolutionary Leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During His Lifetime Neruda Occupied Many Diplomatic Positions And Served A Stint As A Senator For The Chilean Communist Party. When Chilean President González Videla Outlawed Communism In Chile In 1948 A Warrant Was Issued For Neruda's Arrest. Friends Hid Him For Months In A House Basement In The Chilean Port Of Valparaíso. Later Neruda Escaped Into Exile Through A Mountain Pass Near Maihue Lake Into Argentina. Years Later Neruda Was A Close Advisor To Socialist President Salvador Allende. When Neruda Returned To Chile After His Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Allende Invited Him To Read At The Estadio Nacional Before 70 000 People. Neruda Was Hospitalised With Cancer At The Time Of The Chilean Coup D'état Led By Augusto Pinochet. Three Days After Being Hospitalised Neruda Died Of Heart Failure However There Are Doubts As To Whether Or Not The Junta Had A Hand In His Death. Already A Legend In Life Neruda's Death Reverberated Around The World. Pinochet Had Denied Permission To Transform Neruda's Funeral Into A Public Event. However Thousands Of Grieving Chileans Disobeyed The Curfew And Crowded The Streets. read less