Question

This author described “the angel of the Central Committee” in a poem recounting his escape on horseback (0[1])through a mountain pass from his book Grapes (20[1])and the Wind. After fleeing to Paris using the passport of the author of The Banana Trilogy, (0[2])this author (0[1])published both The Captain’s Verses and a collection (0[1])that describes moving “from air to air, as through an empty net” and states “Arise to (*) birth with (10[1])me, (10[1])my brother.” (10[5])At age 19, this poet published a collection that describes how “The memory of you (10[2])emerges (10[2])from (0[1])the night (10[2])around (0[1])me” (10[1])and how (10[1])“in you everything sank!” (10[3])following a poem (10[1])about (10[1])how “tonight I can write (10[1])the saddest (10[3])lines.” For 10 points, (10[1])Canto General (“KAHN-toh HAY-nay-RALL”) and (10[1])Twenty Love Poems and a Song (10[2])of Despair are by what Chilean poet? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Pablo Neruda [or Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto]
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