A Sampling of Noteworthy Latin American Writers of the 20th Century
March 16, 2017
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Famous for its unique combination of mysticism and politicism, especially after the so-called “Latin American Boom” of the mid-20
Pablo Neruda
This year, Chile's Oscar Nomination looks at world famous poet, Pablo Neruda
January 11, 2017
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The story of world renown, Nobel-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, will be highlighted in the 2016 film, Neruda, directed by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín. The film is Chile’s 2016 Oscar submission for the Foreign-Language category. Larraín describes the film as an “anti-bio”, the opposite of what many call a biopic1. Rather than describe one’s life in order like in a biopic, an anti-bio creates its own story within the main character’s life.
Pablo Neruda's Legacy
October 10, 2016
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Pablo Neruda, the famed Chilean poet, is scheduled to be exhumed for a second time in less than three years in order to test his body for possible poisoning, which would support the claim that his death was a murder rather than the result of prostate cancer. In April 2013, his remains were exhumed in order to determine whether or not he was actually killed by poison during the 1973 coup of Augusto Pinochet.
