Canto General

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Canto General is an epic poetic work by Pablo Neruda that chronicles the history, geography, and struggles of Latin America through a sweeping, politically charged narrative.

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instanceOf epic poem
poetry collection
author Pablo Neruda
awardedAuthor Nobel Prize in Literature
surface form: Nobel Prize in Literature 1971
countryOfOrigin Chile
form free verse
long-form cycle of poems
genre Latin American literature
epic poetry
political poetry
hasPart Machu Picchu
surface form: Alturas de Macchu Picchu

América, no invoco tu nombre en vano
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surface form: Canto general de Chile

El fugitivo
El gran océano
La arena traicionada
La lámpara en la tierra
La tierra se llama Juan
Las flores de Punitaqui
Los conquistadores
Los libertadores
No sólo de pan vive el hombre
Que despierte el leñador
Yo soy
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influencedBy Latin American history
Marxism
Spanish Golden Age poetry
indigenous traditions
literaryMovement Latin American avant-garde
movement communist literature
socialist literature
narrativePerspective collective voice of Latin America
notablePoem Alturas de Macchu Picchu
numberOfPoems more than 300
numberOfSections 15
originalLanguage Spanish
periodOfComposition 1938–1949
placeOfPublication Mexico
publicationYear 1950
publisher Editorial Talleres Gráficos La Nación
theme Latin American identity
Spanish colonization of the Americas
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Americas

anti-imperialism
class struggle
colonialism
geography of Latin America
history of Latin America
indigenous cultures of the Americas
social justice
workers' struggles

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Pablo Neruda notableWork Canto General
Mikis Theodorakis notableWork Canto General
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this entity surface form: Canto general de Chile
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this entity surface form: Canto General (English translation)
Canto General hasTranslation Canto General self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canto General (French translation)
Canto General hasTranslation Canto General self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canto General (German translation)
Canto General hasTranslation Canto General self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canto General (Russian translation)
Μίκης Θεοδωράκης συνέθεσε Canto General
this entity surface form: "Canto General"