Ode to My Socks | Author Biography
Neruda is one of the most-read poets in history. His collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair sold over a million copies in Spanish and has been translated into more than twenty languages, including Chinese and Russian. In addition to writing what is considered some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century, Neruda was an essayist, translator, playwright, and novelist. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda's career is divided into three periods, each of which shows a particular range of interests and artistic styles. The first period extends from...
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