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| | Pablo Neruda - Biography |
 | | In 1939, Neruda was appointed consul for the Spanish emigration, residing in Paris, and, shortly afterwards, Consul General in Mexico, where he rewrote his Canto General de Chile, transforming it into an epic poem about the whole South American continent, its nature, its people and its historical destiny. |
 | | This work, entitled Canto General, was published in Mexico 1950, and also underground in Chile. |
 | | Shortly after its publication, Canto General was translated into some ten languages. |
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