AKA Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto

Born: 12-Jul-1904
Birthplace: Parral, Chile
Died: 23-Sep-1973
Location of death: Santago, Chile
Cause of death: Cancer - Prostate
Remains: Buried, Casa de Isla Negra, Isla Negra, Chile

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Chile
Executive summary: Residencia en la Tierra

Probably Latin America's greatest poet.

Father: José del Carmen Reyes
Mother: Rosa Basoalto (d. 1904)
Wife: Maria Antonieta Hagenaar (Dutch, m. 1930, div. 1936, one daughter)
Daughter: Malva Marina (b. 1934, d. 1942, with Hagenaar)
Wife: Delia del Carril (m. 1943, div. 1955)
Wife: Matilde Urrutia (m. 1966, until his death)

    University: University of Chile

    Nobel Prize for Literature 1971
    Stalin Peace Prize 1953
    Risk Factors: Obesity, Gout, Prostate Cancer

Author of books:
Crepusculario (1923, poetry)
Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada (1924, poetry)
Tentativa del Hombre Infinito (1926, poetry)
Anillos (1926, poetry, with Tomás Lago)
El Hondero Entusiasta (1933, poetry)
Residencia en la Tierra, 1925–1931 (1933, poetry)
Residencia en la Tierra, 1925–35 (1935, poetry, 2 vols.)
España en el Corazón (1937, poetry)
Canto General (1950, poetry)
Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1943, poetry)
Tercera Residencia, 1935–45 (1947, poetry)
Odas Elementales (1954, poetry)
Confieso que he Vivido (1974, memoir)

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