(1904–73), Chilean poet and diplomat; born Ricardo Eliezer Neftalí Reyes. He took his pseudonym from the Czech poet Jan Neruda. His Canto General (completed 1950) is an epic covering the history of the Americas.
Definition of Neruda, Pablo in US English:
Neruda, Pablo
proper nounneˈro͞odä
(1904–73), Chilean poet and diplomat; born Ricardo Eliezer Neftalí Reyes. His Canto General, which he completed in 1950, is an epic covering the history of the Americas. Nobel Prize for Literature (1971).