What Happened to Neruda

Neruda died just two years after receiving his Nobel Prize on September 23, 1973, in Santiago, Chile. Though his death was officially attributed to prostate cancer, there have been allegations that the poet was poisoned, as he died right after the rise of dictator Augosto Pinochet to power.

What kind of person was Pablo Neruda?

Pablo Neruda, original name Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, (born July 12, 1904, Parral, Chile—died September 23, 1973, Santiago), Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He was perhaps the most important Latin American poet of the 20th century.

Was Neruda assassinated?

Neruda died, possibly murdered, on 23 September 1973, just 12 days after after a US-backed coup toppled Salvador Allende’s socialist government. … In his book, El Doble Asesinato de Neruda, Marin writes that the dictatorship and its press were preparing the public for Neruda’s impending death.