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Pablo Neruda and Las Humitas

By Nurayda Albeez
KEY SPANISH VOCABULARY
1. Desaprobar: To disapprove
2. Crepusculario: Of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.
3. Desesperada: Desperate
4. Murió: Died
5. Perspectiva: Perspective
6. Las humitas: South American dish
7. Tamales: Mesoamerican (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico) dish
8. Humero: Shoulder
9. Elote: Corn
PABLO NERUDA
01 02 03
Who was Pablo Neruda? What is Pablo Neruda When did important
known for? moments occur in Pablo
Neruda’s life?

04 05 06
Where was Pablo Neruda Why is Pablo Neruda How is Pablo Neruda
born and where did he die? worth researching? related to Spanish
language and culture?
 01
WHO WAS PABLO
NERUDA?
● A Latin American poet
● His real name was Neftalí Ricardo
Reyes Basoalto, but he signed his
work Pablo Neruda porque su padre
desaprobaba sus intereses poéticos
 02
WHAT IS PABLO
NERUDA KNOWN FOR?
● His poetry and involvement in Chilean politics
● First book, Crepusculario, was published in 1923
● Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
published in 1924
○ Became his most popular work as more than a million and
a half copies were published in Spanish before his death
● From 1927-1935, Pablo Neruda was a diplomático
chileno, which transformed him into a committed
political poet
 03
WHEN DID IMPORTANT
MOMENTS OCCUR IN
PABLO NERUDA’S LIFE?
● Awarded the International Peace Prize in
1950
● Awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1953
● Gained a Doctorate in Literature from
Oxford in 1965
● Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1971
● Nominated by the Chilean Communist
Party for president in 1969, but stepped
aside in favor of his friend
 04
WHERE WAS
PABLO NERUDA
BORN AND WHERE
DID HE DIE?
● Born in Parral, Chile
● Murió in Santiago, Chile
 05
WHY IS PABLO
NERUDA WORTH
RESEARCHING?
● Arguably the most important poet of
the 20th century
● Left 34 books of poems, essays, and
drama along with 8 more volumes of
poetry and a memoir when he died
 06
HOW IS PABLO
NERUDA RELATED TO
SPANISH LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE?
● Important part of Chilean history
● Provides a nueva perspectiva on the
history of the Spanish speaking world
 KEY SPANISH VOCABULARY
REVIEW
1. Desaprobar: To disapprove
2. Crepusculario: Of, relating to, or resembling twilight;
dim; indistinct.
3. Desesperada: Desperate
4. Murió: Died
5. Perspectiva: Perspective
LAS HUMITAS
01 02 03
What are Las Humitas? Who is involved with When were Las
Las Humitas? Humitas introduced?

04 05 06
Where are Las Humitas Why are Las Humitas How are Las Humitas
found? worth researching? related to Spanish
language and culture?
 01

WHAT ARE LAS

HUMITAS?
● Similar to tamales, but made with
fresh or green humero corn
● This variety of corn is widespread in
Chile and difficult to find elsewhere
 02

WHO IS INVOLVED
WITH LAS HUMITAS?
● Chilean families, farmers, mothers, and
granddaughters
● Las humitas are also called tamales de elote
 03
WHEN WERE LAS
HUMITAS INTRODUCED?
● Recipes for las humitas are thousands of years old
● The recipe which uses humero corn is newer as this
variety of corn was introduced to Chile in the early
1900s
● Humero corn season is from mid-December to
early March, so that is when las humitas are made
to be eaten and stored for later
 04

WHERE ARE LAS

HUMITAS FOUND?
● Humero corn, which is used to make las
humitas, is native to Chile
 05

WHY ARE LAS

HUMITAS WORTH
RESEARCHING?
● Their exquisite taste and the antiquity
of their origin
 06

HOW ARE LAS HUMITAS

RELATED TO SPANISH
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE?
● Part of the cuisine of every maize-growing culture,
including Mexico, which has thousands of varieties
● Shine a light on a new Latin American food with
flavors as rich as its history
 KEY SPANISH VOCABULARY
REVIEW
1. Las humitas: South American dish
2. Tamales: Mesoamerican (Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central
to southern Mexico) dish
3. Humero: Shoulder
4. Elote: Corn
 CITATIONS
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Sep. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-Neruda. Accessed 7 March 2022.
● "Pablo Neruda." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography,
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Accessed 7 Mar. 2022.
● Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans. TED-Ed, 2019.
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school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Pablo-Neruda/55322#. Accessed 7 Mar. 2022.
● Darlene. "CHILE HUMITAS (A TRADITIONAL CORN TAMALE)." INTERNATIONAL CUISINE, 15 Jan.
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● Hernandez, Pilar. "Chilean Humitas o Tamales de Elote." chilean food & garden, 29 Mar. 2019,
www.chileanfoodandgarden.com/chilean-humitas-o-tamales-de-elote/. Accessed 7 Mar. 2022.
● "Humitas : Chilean Tamales." Eating Chilean, 17 Feb. 2009,
eatingchile.blogspot.com/2009/02/humitas-chilean-tamales.html. Accessed 7 Mar. 2022.
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