6th Grade Culture Project

Pablo Neruda:  Poet (1904-1973)  Neftalí Reicardo Reyes Basoalto was born in Parral, Chile to a poor family.  He began to write poetry at age ten and later met Chilean Poet Gabriela Mistral.  Neftalí used a pen name, Pablo Neruda, because his family did not agree with his writing.  He published poems, studied French, edited a literary magazine, and served as a diplomat.  Pablo wrote poetry about politics, love, and social issues.  He won the Nobel Prized in literature in 1971.  Pablo is one of the most widely read Spanish poets. 

Marsh, Carole, The Best Book of Hispanic Biographies.,Galopade Interational:  2003 p23.      

Helpful sites:

http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1971/neruda-bio.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/neruda.htm

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~agreene/Neruda.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda