Page 11 - HP3B 004 Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral

in the Spanish Civil War, and the living in exile. In this period he

horrors of World War 2, Neruda traveled to many countries such

sided with the Communist party as India, Sri Lanka and the Soviet

and was a supporter of the Soviet Union. While in Mexico in 1949

Union, which had an enormous role Neruda became very sick, and a

in defeating Nazi Germany. His Chilean singer named Matilde

support of the Soviet dictator Josef Urrutia was hired to take care of

Stalin was another political opinion him. He wound up marrying her

of his that would cause controversy sometime later, after his divorce from

throughout his life. del Carril.

Communism became outlawed in Neruda then returned to Chile, and

Chile at the time, so Neruda had to by this time his poems were famous

spend several years in hiding and all over the world. His books were