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Also Known As Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
Born July 12, 1904 • Chile
Died September 23, 1973 (aged 69) • Santiago • Chile
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1971)
Notable Works “Canto general” • “Crepusculario” • “Elemental Odes” • “Residence on Earth” • “Spain in My Heart” • “Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda” • “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”

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Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda wearing a coat, scarf, and hat, stands holding a suitcase and newspaper, looking slightly to the side, in a covered outdoor setting.
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Gabriela Mistral, 1941.
Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Chilean writer, critic, and diplomat
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Miguel Ángel Asturias.
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Guatemalan author and diplomat
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Orlando Letelier
Chilean lawyer, economist, and diplomat
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Ricardo Lagos
president of Chile
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Diego Barros Arana
Chilean historian
Poet Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
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George Seferis
Greek writer
Sebastián Piñera
Sebastián Piñera
president of Chile
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Bernardo O’Higgins
Chilean head of state
Augusto Pinochet in gray military uniform and cap, saluting, with gold braid.
Augusto Pinochet
president of Chile
President of Chile Salvador Allende seated at a desk wearing a suit and glasses, with an earpiece in one ear, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Salvador Allende
president of Chile
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Eduardo Frei
president of Chile
Patricio Aylwin Azócar
Patricio Aylwin
president of Chile
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Antonio Skármeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
president of Chile
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Nicanor Parra
Latin-American poet
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Vicente Huidobro
Chilean writer

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