Pablo Neruda

Full Name: Pablo Neruda [Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto]
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Profession: Poet
Why Famous: Famous poet who wrote in a variety of styles including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and erotically-charged love poems such as the ones in his 1924 collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair".

He often wrote in green ink, which was his personal symbol for desire and hope, and in 1971 won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Born: July 12, 1904
Star Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Parral, Chile

Died: September 23, 1973 (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Heart failure