3. He chose his pet name after the Czech poet Jan
Neruda . In 1971 Neruda won the Noble Prize for
Literature.
, historic
epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose
autobiography & erotically charged love poems such
as the ones in his 1924 collection 20 love poems &
song of despair.
4.
5. PARTICIPATION
at
PACAEMBU STADIUM in SAU
PAULO, BRAZIL, he read to
100,000 people in honour of the
COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY
leader LUIS CARLOS PABLO
NERUDA was the pen name
Prestes.
6.
7. During his lifetime Neruda occupied
many diplomatic positions & served
as a senator for the CHILEAN
COMMUNIST PARTY.
8.
9. Peace goes into the making of a poem
as flour goes into the making of bread.
I grew up in this town , my poetry was
born between the hill & the river , it took
its voice from the rain, & like timber, it
steeped itself in the forest