Pablo+Neruda


 * Won Nobel Lit in 71
 * Got a visa for D. A. Siqueiros
 * Borges accused Neruda of not speaking out over Perón to protect his reputation (burgin 95)
 * Had an affair with Matilde Urrutia __[cite]__
 * Visit to Peru caused 100 cuban writers to sign a letter calling his communism “tepid” [cite]
 * Death is under examination.
 * Notable Works
 * Early, surreal: //Residencia en la Tierra//
 * Political: //Spain in the Heart//
 * //Cien Sonetos de Amor//
 * //Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair//
 * Canto General – “In this work, Neruda celebrated the achievement of Machu Picchu, but also condemned the slavery which had made it possible. In the Canto XII, he called upon the dead of many centuries to be born again and to speak through him.”
 * Speech: “I accuse”
 * Final Poem?: ”Right Comrade, It’s The Hour of the Garden”
 * Cites
 * Feinstein 05
 * Burgin 68
 * Tarn 75