Poetry. This suite of 30 poems is Neruda's final love song to the earth. Having looked attentively at the enormity of the raw Chilean landscape, the "man of decay" turns to the smaller, more intimate stones and addresses them as if they could illuminate his destiny.
Author City: Santiago CHL
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) held diplomatic posts in Asian and European countries. After joining the Communist Party, Neruda was elected to the Chilean Senate but was forced to live in exile in Mexico for several years. Eventually he established a permanent home on Isla Negra. In 1970 he was appointed as Chile's ambassador to France; in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.