Pablo de Rokha
Pablo de Rokha (actually Carlos Díaz Loyola ) (born October 17, 1895 in Licantén , Chile , † December 10, 1968 in Santiago , Chile) was a Chilean poet and writer .
At first, de Rokha wrote romantic, anarchist and avant-garde poetry. In the 1930s he turned to the Communist Party of Chile and worked as a writer as a Marxist agitator, but combined this with a strict Christian ethic. In his late work, social protest is mixed with optimism, but also mourning over the death of his wife ( Fuego negro , 1953). In the 1960s he waged a literary feud with his rival Pablo Neruda , whom he described as a bourgeois artist and accused him of plagiarism ( Genio del pueblo , 1960).
Four months after his son killed himself, de Rokha shot himself with the same revolver that David Alfaro Siqueiros gave him. He didn't learn that a street had been named after him a short time before.
At first little valued by the critics, de Rokha is now considered one of the greatest Chilean poets. In 1965 he received the National Prize for Literature of Chile quite late .
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| SURNAME | Rokha, Pablo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Díaz Loyola, Carlos (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Licantén , Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1968 |
| Place of death | Santiago , Chile |