Neruda

Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto Eliecer born on July 12, 1904, in Parral. His parents were: Rosa Basoalto Opazo Naphtali, a high school teacher of girls, and his father, Jose Angel Reyes, was maquinista.Ambos worker and later married in 1903.

Rosa died of tuberculosis a few weeks after giving birth to Naphtali, his only son. This absence mark below the poet, who wrote two poems dedicated toher: Luna and humble lines to rest My Mother, the book The Invisible River, published years after his death (1980).

Naphtali, named in memory of her mother. Educated the early years of his life at the home of his grandparents. His father moved to Temuco, where he married Trinidad Candia Marverde, called by the child as "mamadre" Laurita and Rodolfo were his siblings by the father.

In 1919 heentered the Lyceum Naphtali Men of Temuco.

Neftali Reyes began writing poetry at a young age in various newspapers and magazines.

It was in 1920 when it adopted the pseudonym of Pablo Neruda (by the Czech poet Jan Neruda).

His first literary awards were received in 1919 and 1920 in Maule and Temuco, respectively.The poem of his first triumph in a literary contest was Song Festival (1921).His father, he found it embarrassing to have a child poet who was part of the bohemian world to live submerged in poverty all his life. The father wanted his son to follow a professional career.

In 1921, he moved to Santiago to study French education at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile, where he met Azócar Albertina, who apparently was his first love. Shortly afterabandoning the race to continue on the path of literature.

In 1924 he published Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, dedicated to Albertine.

Then the poet was a young Santiago.Vivía recently installed in student homes and tenements.

In 1927, Pablo Neruda made his first trip to Europe with his friend Alvaro Hinojosa.

In 1929 he attended the Congress Panhindú in Calcutta, where he metGandhi.

Later, in 1930, was appointed consul in Colombo, Ceylon. At that time he married Marie Antoinette Lagenaar, with whom he had a daughter, Malva Marina, who was born in 1934 in Madrid and was very sickly since childhood. Years later separated.

In Spain, he met the poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

In July 1936 the Spanish Civil War began. As a result of his political position against Franco,Neruda was removed from office and traveled to Paris diplomat. From the experiences during the war, was politically. He himself describes this period as he scored in final form its political path. This change was also reflected in his poetry.

He returned to Chile in 1938 and was appointed consul-based Spanish emigration in Paris. Furthermore. founded and chaired the Alliance of Intellectualsfrom Chile for Defense of Culture. At the same time he met Delia del Carril, whom he married in 1943.

On May 7, 1938 Angel Reyes Joseph died, his father, and in a few months, in August, Trinidad Candia, his mamadre. After this great sorrow, Neruda was integrated to work for the presidential candidate of the Popular Front, Pedro Aguirre Cerda. After this victory, he was appointed consul in Paris.In 1939 he again left the country to move to Mexico, where he was appointed consul general.

In 1943, the poet moved with Delia del Carril, his new wife, to live in Isla Negra.

In March 1945 he was elected senator for Tarapacá and Antofagasta, and joined the Communist Party.

On May 30, 1945, won the National Book Award, and the same year, on December 28, legally adopted his name as PabloNeruda. In this period, too, began his political career by being elected senator.

In 1946, he was appointed national propaganda chief presidential candidate Gabriel González Videla. In addition, he met Matilde Urrutia, who later would become his new wife.

He delivered a controversial speech against the government of Gonzalez Videla, it would cost his impeachment and then chase, forcing...