Description
The Chilean Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was
probably the greatest and certainly the most prolific of twentieth-century
Latin American poets. He brought out his first collection at the age of
seventeen, and quickly developed an assured and distinctive poetic voice. His
third book, Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada - Twenty Love Poems
and a Song of Despair- was published in 1924 and attracted international
acclaim. It remains one of the most celebrated and admired books of erotic
poetry published in the last hundred years, with over a million copies sold
worldwide. Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971.

