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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
- 96 pages · about 2 hours
- First published 1924
- 135 editions
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1 About this book
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the 20th century in the Spanish language. The book has been translated into many languages; in English, the translation was made by poet W. S. Merwin in 1969.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: poetry and a short read.
- Romance literature
- Love poetry
- Poetry
2 About Pablo Neruda
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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