Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes

1.1.4 Moved to Santiago in 1920/21 and started publishing first important books of poems: Crepusculario (1923); Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1924); Tentativa del hombre infinito (1925-26).

1.2 Travels in Asia and Europe

1.2.1 Joined diplomatic service and was sent to South-East Asia 1927-33, where he wrote the poems in Residencia en la tierra (I and II).

1.2.2 Moved to Spain in 1934 during the Second Republic, where he met poets such as Federico García Lorca and Rafael Alberti, and wrote poems corresponding to Tercera residencia (1935-45) and España en el corazón (1938).

1.2.3 Was sent to France in 1939, but in 1940 was appointed Consul General in Mexico, where he worked on the poems of the Canto general (1950).

1.3 Return to Chile (and exile)

1.3.1 Returned to Chile in 1943 when he also joined the Communist Party of Chile and became a Senator.

1.3.2 Forced into exile in Argentina and then Italy 1949 returning to Chile in 1952. Published Los versos del capitán (Italy, 1952), Las uvas del viento (1954), Odas elementales (1954) and Estravagario (1958).

1.3.3 Published numerous collections of poetry throughout 1960s, gained international fame as an outspoken political poet, and was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.

1.3.4 Died in September 1973 in Santiago, 12 days after the coup. His funeral became the first public demonstration against the dictatorship.

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