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TwEnNTy Love AND A G OF DESPAIR PABLO NERUDA Laren ny W. S. Merwin riow py CRISTINA GARCIA Cah ore ee tees iy Devtuxe Eoition hen it appeared in 1924. Vemte poemas de amory una eancién deses~ Foran Ce eee nt unknown poet, whose work would ignite a eer eect nee EE eRe en een eset! of associations, Pablo Neruda's most beloved Po leerente a cei ccr tere ete eto are erecta cratic! grief, the sensuality of the body with th ee eeu a ees feeeeegee teem nee Ceee Sale win’s masterly translation faces the original Spanish text. This edition also features a wonderful new Introduction Peet EMer Trac} eR ee eae eee ae re mas de amor y una concién desesperada stands as an CTrtsC lM todeLCae tol Me CLam os steeottt mane) spire lovers and poets around the world. Pencuin CLassics §) Detuxe Epition PENGUIN CLASSICS DELUXE EDITION TWENTY LOVE POEMS AND A SONG OF DESPAIR PABLO NERUDA (1904-1972) was born in Parral, Chile. He grew up in the pioneer town of Temuco where he met Gabriela Mistral. In 1920 he went to Santiago to study and began to publish his poetry. In 1924 the hugely successful Veinte poemas de amor y una cancién desesperada appeared. From 1927 to 1943 Neruda lived abroad, serving as a diplomat in Rangoon, Colombo, Batavia, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Mexico City. He joined the Communist Party of Chile after World War II, and after being prosecuted for subversion, he began a life in exile. Already the most renowned Latin American poet of his time, he re- turned to Chile in 1952. In accepting the Nobel Prize in 1971, he said that the poet must achieve a balance “between solitude and solidarity, between feeling and action, between intimacy of one’s self, the intimacy of mankind, and the revelation of nature.”

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