| | '''Pablo Neruda''' (born '''Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto''', 1904-1973) was a [[Chile]]an [[poet]] and [[diplomat]]. He was also known for his [[Communist]] views, which led to him being exiled to [[Italy]] during the 1950s, though he would later return to Chile later in his life. He is most famous for his poem collection ''Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair'' (1924), though also the author of ''Canto General'' (1950), ''Elementary Odes'' (3 vols., 1954-1957), ''We Are Many'' (1967), and ''End of the World'' (1969).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall: New York, 1991.</ref> | | '''Pablo Neruda''' (born '''Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto''', 1904-1973) was a [[Chile]]an [[poet]] and [[diplomat]]. He was also known for his [[Communist]] views, which led to him being exiled to [[Italy]] during the 1950s, though he would later return to Chile later in his life. He is most famous for his poem collection ''Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair'' (1924), though also the author of ''Canto General'' (1950), ''Elementary Odes'' (3 vols., 1954-1957), ''We Are Many'' (1967), and ''End of the World'' (1969).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall: New York, 1991.</ref> |