Pablo
Neruda
____________________
born
Ricardo
Eliecer
Neftalí
Reyes
Basoalto
in
the
Chilean
town
of
Parral
in
1904
.
His
father
____________________
for
the
railroad
,
and
his
mother
____________________
a
teacher
who
____________________
shortly
after
his
birth
.
At
age
13
,
he
____________________
his
literary
career
as
a
contributor
to
the
daily
La
Mañana
,
where
he
____________________
his
first
articles
and
poems
.
In
1920
,
he
____________________
to
the
literary
journal
Selva
Austral
under
the
pen
name
Pablo
Neruda
,
which
he
____________________
in
honor
of
Czech
poet
Jan
Neruda
.
Some
of
Neruda's
early
poems
are
found
in
his
first
book
,
Crepusculario
(
Book
of
Twilight
)
,
published
in
1923
,
and
one
of
his
most
____________________
works
,
Veinte
poemas
de
amor
y
una
canción
desesperada
(
Twenty
Love
Poems
and
a
Song
of
Despair
)
,
was
published
the
following
year
.
Twenty
Love
Poems
____________________
Neruda
a
celebrity
,
and
he
thereafter
____________________
himself
to
verse
.
