Pablo Neruda,Chilean poet and 1971 Nobel Laureate in Literature was born Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto on July 12, 1904. Neruda died 12 days after the death of democracy when Gen Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende's government in a U.S.-backed coup. His funeral was the first public show of opposition to Chile's military rulers.
The non profit film Red Poppy documents Neruda's life through interviews with those who knew him.
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Ginger, thanks for posting this. Looks like it should be a great film about Neruda.
The Neruda link you included (to the U. of Chile web page) is a good one to, I've visited it before, the best Neruda site I've found on the web.
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