Obelisks featuring poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda outside his home Las Chascona in Bellavista in Santiago, Chile

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The poem obelisks are by Pablo Neruda and serve as a memorial outside his house in Santiago. Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. Translated into dozens of languages, Pablo Neruda is universally considered one of the greatest and most influential poets of the 20th century. Critic and biographer Alistar Reid has stated that Neruda is the most widely read poet since William Shakespeare.

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Size: 3516px × 5301px
Location: Las Chascona, Marquez de La Plata 0192, Bellavista, Santiago, Chile
Photo credit: © Justin WASTNAGE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: chile, literature, lucia, monument, neruda, obelisk, pablo, poem, santa, santiago, travel