Learn some quick facts about
Pablo Neruda.
This week’s famous poet
is Pablo Neruda. Last week’s famous
poet was Sylvia Plath.
Pablo Neruda was a
famous poet and politician. He started writing poetry when he was ten years
old. He wrote over two thousand poems. He was born in Parral, Maule Region,
Chile. His parents are José del Carmen Reyes Morales and Rosa Neftalí Basoalto
Opazo. Pablo’s mother died shortly after he was born. His father and stepmother
raised him. He had two half-siblings.
Continue reading to find
out more about Pablo Neruda.
Here is a list of some
poems by Pablo Neruda:
- Bird
- Enigmas
- Poetry
- Water
- Triangles
- A Lemon
- Cat’s Dream
- If You Forget Me
- Your Laughter
- The Question
Parents/caretakers, be sure poems are child-friendly
before reading them to your child/children.
Do you like poetry?
Quick facts about Pablo
Neruda:
1. Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (real name) was born in Parral, Maule Region, Chile on July 12, 1904.
He died on September
23, 1973 in Santiago, Chile. He was sixty-nine years old. He died from complications
of prostate cancer. It was rumored that he may have been poisoned.
2. Pablo Neruda was not only a poet. He was
also a politician. He was nominated to become the president of Chile in 1970,
but he did not want that position.
3. The following is one of Pablo Neruda’s
poems:
Bird
It was passed from one
bird to another,
the whole gift of the
day.
The day went from flute
to flute,
went dressed in
vegetation,
in flights which opened
a tunnel
through the wind would
pass
to where birds were
breaking open
the dense blue air -
and there, night came
in.
When I returned from so
many journeys,
I stayed suspended and
green
between sun and
geography -
I saw how wings worked,
how perfumes are
transmitted
by feathery telegraph,
and from above I saw the
path,
the springs and the roof
tiles,
the fishermen at their
trades,
the trousers of the
foam;
I saw it all from my
green sky.
I had no more alphabet
than the swallows in
their courses,
the tiny, shining water
of the small bird on
fire
which dances out of the
pollen.
(You
can print out a worksheet on this poem. You will fill in the missing words in the
poem)
4. Pablo Neruda was only ten when he started
writing poetry. He wrote in many different styles.
Here is a list of those
poetry styles:
- historical epics
- love poems
- political manifestos
- prose autobiography
- surrealist poems
5. Pablo Neruda was sixteen when he attended the Universidad
de Chile (University of Chile) in Santiago. He wanted to become a school
teacher, but instead, he devoted most of his time to writing poetry.
6. Pablo Neruda's two half-siblings:
- Rodolfo Reyes Marverde
- Laurita or Laura
7. Pablo Neruda was married three times. He
had one child with Marijke (Maria) Antonieta Hagenaar Vogelzang. Their child’s
name is Malva Marina Reyes.
Wives:
- Marijke Antonieta Hagenaar Vogelzang
- Delia del Carril
- Matilde Urrutia Cerda
8. Pablo Neruda won a Nobel Prize for literature
in 1971. In 1972, he won the Golden Wreath Award for his poetry.
9. In 1917, Pablo Neruda published his first article in a local newspaper (La Mañana). He was only 13. The article was
titled Entusiasmo y perseverancia. He signed the essay with the pen name Neftalí
Reyes.
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Books
about Pablo Neruda:
- Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown
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I like this poem. I never heard of him before, but he’s a great poet. Thanks for sharing
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