Neruda died aged 69 at the Santa María Clinic in Santiago, on 23 September 1973 – 12 days after Augusto Pinochet’s military coup toppled the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende.

Pablo Neruda

69 years (1904–1973)

Death and Investigations Neruda died just two years after receiving his Nobel Prize on September 23, 1973, in Santiago, Chile. Though his death was officially attributed to prostate cancer, there have been allegations that the poet was poisoned, as he died right after the rise of dictator Augosto Pinochet to power.

Did He Write in English? Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet who wrote in Spanish. That said, many of his poems have been translated into english. In fact, his poetry is so famous that it has been translated into over 100 languages.

John Milton was a seventeenth century English poet whose works have greatly influenced the literary world. Milton wrote poetry and prose between 1632 and 1674, and is most famous for his epic poetry.

John Milton

William Hayley’s 1796 biography called him the “greatest English author,” and he remains generally regarded “as one of the preeminent writers in the English language,” though critical reception has oscillated in the centuries since his death (often on account of his republicanism).

The period between 1625 and 1675 is known as the “Puritan Age (or John Milton’s Age)”, because during the period, Puritan standards prevailed in England, and also because the greatest literary figure John Milton (1608-1674) was a Puritan. The Puritans struggled for righteousness and liberty.

“Lycidas” is a poem that mourns the death of Milton’s college buddy Edward King, whom he refers to in the poem as Lycidas. You’re probably wondering why in the world Milton would write a poem for his best friend and opt to call him by an old Greek name, instead of just calling him, say, Eddie.

The Pilot of the Galilean lake. “The Pilot of the Galilean lake” refers to none other than Saint Peter, one of Jesus’ star disciples. In these lines, he appears (the last of all the figures that have appeared before our speaker) with two keys made of two different kinds of metal and begins to speak.

64–76 Lycidas died young, before poetry could make him famous. 88–102 “[T]he Herald of the Sea” insists that Lycidas died because his boat was defective, not because of a storm. 103–7 The River Cam (standing in for Cambridge University) laments that the death of Lycidas was a great loss to scholarship.