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CONEXIÓN INTERNET 1

CHILE: Pablo Neruda e Isabel Allende

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Search the Internet to find out about two well-known Chilean writers.

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Isabel Allende biographical essay
Isabel Allende biography
Isabel Allende interview
Isabel Allende meet the writer
Pablo Neruda biography

  1. a) Where was Pablo Neruda born? Name three of his major works. What are some of the themes he develops in his poems? When did he receive the Nobel Prize for Literature? b) Neruda wrote many odes to ordinary objects that are part of our daily lives to acknowledge them, and in his own, unique way express their importance. Read these three odes. What do they have in common? Do you like them? Why?
    Ode to a Pair of Socks
    Ode to Tomatoes
    Ode to a Lemon

    Note: To speed up your search for item b, access Ode to a Pair of Socks in The power of Pablo Neruda’s poetry; to access Ode to Tomatoes and Ode to a Lemon enter Pablo Neruda Elementary Odes in your search engine.



  2. Where was Isabel Allende born? Where does she live now? Name three of her major works. What are some of the themes she develops in her novels?


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