| Neruda: Selected Poems Contributor(s): Neruda, Pablo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395544181 ISBN-13: 9780395544181 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: September 1990 Annotation: The most comprehensive bilingual collection of Neruda, "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 861 |
| LCCN: 90004682 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.44" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his long life as a poet, Pablo Neruda succeeded in becoming what many poets have aspired to but never achieved: a public voice, a voice not just for the people of his country but for his entire continent. Widely translated, he probably reached more readers than any poet in history; justly so, for, as he often said, his poet's obligation was to become a voice for all those who had no voice, an aspiration that stemmed from his long-time commitment to the communist faith. Born in 1904 in the rainy south of Chile, he enjoyed from an early age the luck of attention. One of his first books, Twenty Love Poems, became a bible for lovers in the Spanish language, and confirmed him in his poet's vocation. At the same time he pursued a lifelong career as a diplomat, serving in a series of consular posts in the Far East and Europe. In 1971, while serving as Chilean ambassador to France, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. In a famous essay, On Impure Poetry, Neruda calls for a poetry as impure as old clothes, as a body with its foodstains and its shame, with wrinkles, observations, dreams, wakefulness, prophesies, declarations of love and hate, stupidities, shocks, idylls, political beliefs, negations, doubts, affirmations, and taxes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neruda, Pablo: - Born in 1904 in the south of Chile, Pablo Neruda enjoyed great success as both a poet and diplomat. One of his first books, Twenty Love Poems, became a bible for lovers of the Spanish language. In 1971, while serving as Chilean ambassador to France, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. |