Ariz Saleem discusses Pablo Neruda’s life and work. How he became the most renowned and representative artist from Chile, and one of the world's most influential poets.

1. Pablo Neruda’s Life and Work
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And something started in my soul, fever or forgotten wings, and I made my own way,
deciphering that fire, and I wrote the first faint line, faint, without substance, pure nonsense,
pure wisdom of someone who knows nothing, and I suddenly saw the heavens unfastened and
open. !
Pablo Neruda may very well be one of Chile’s most notable political and cultural figures of the
20th century. No matter his recognition and admiration in Chile, his publications are very rarely
available overseas, specifically, in interpretation. Given that Pablo Neruda has amazed his
millions of readers internationally, it is appropriate to say he could be one of the most skilled and
magnificent poets worldwide. !
Neruda grew up in southern Chile, moved to Santiago and signed up for college with the
purpose of preparing himself for a lifetime career being an instructor of French. He left however,
to be able to devote additional time to poetry, which was now his main interest. His first
published work, Twilight Guide, was released in 1923. The next year he released Twenty Love
Poems, and a Track of Despair. !
Neruda’s poetry was centered around his political and philosophical beliefs. With his wide
following, Neruda won the Nobel Award for Literature in 1971. People still come to visit the
places in Chile that were most important to Neruda during his life. People eagerly explore the
highlights of Neruda's poems, the largest occasions in his biography and, needless to say, his
contribution in to the global literature and Chilean culture. !

2. Neruda died more than 41 years ago, though he is still alive in the heart of literature and in the
public consciousness of poetry. To investigate rumors that Neruda had been poisoned, this past
year forensic researchers exhumed Neruda’s remains. The rumor was that he had been
poisoned by brokers of Common Augusto Pinochet though the researchers concluded he hadn’t
been. !
At the Foundation of Pablo Neruda in Chile, researchers recently discovered over 20
unpublished poems of “remarkable quality". The poems were located in bins of the poet's
manuscripts held in Chile, and they will be publicized very soon.