Page 9 - HP3B 004 Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral

Around this time Neruda and his

Dutch wife divorced, and Neruda

moved to France.

In the early 1940s Neruda worked

as Consul General in Mexico City

and married an Argentine lady

named Delia del Carril. He returned

to Chile in 1943, and later toured

Peru, whose incredible ancient ruins

inspired more great poetic works

with heavy political leanings.

Because of the events he had seen