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Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto was born in Parral, Chile.
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Pablo published his first poem, "Entusiasmo y Perseverancia" to "La Mañana".
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He began contributing journals to "Selva Austral" under the pen name "Pablo Neruda" due to his families disapproval of his literary career. He got this name from a Czechoslovak poet, Jan Neruda, to whom he very much admired.
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"Veinte Poemas de Amor y Un Canción Desperada", one of Pablo's most famous works, was published by Nascimiento Editors. The publication was a huge success. His inspiration for this book was a girl named Rosa Albertina Azocar.
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Married Maria Antonieta Hagenaar, a dutch woman, in Batavia. This marriage lasted until 1936. They had one daughter together named Malva Marina Trinidad.
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Pablo had been cheating on his wife which led to a seperation. In March of 1943, he learned of his daughter's death and married his mistress Delia del Carril. This marriage lasted until 1955.
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On March 4, 1945 Pablo was elected senator of a communist party.
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Married Matilde Urrutia. During this year he wrote "100 Love Sonnets" to describe his love for Matilde.
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In the year 1971, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poems that focused on "community, love, and peace".
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Neruda was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had surgery but never recovered from it and his health began to deteriorate. He became terminally ill and passed away on September 23, 1973.
