Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 September 23, 1973) was the pen name and, later, legal

l name of
the Chilean poet and politician Neftal Ricardo Reyes Basoalto.

Neruda wrote in a variety of styles .In 1971 Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Life and career

-Early years
In 1904, neruda was born in Parral, a city in Linares Province in the Maule Region. His father,
Jos del Carmen Reyes Morales, was a railway employee; his mother, Rosa Basoalto, was a
school teacher.
Mexico
Neruda's next diplomatic post was as Consul General in Mexico City,