Pablo de Rokha was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean Premio Nacional de Literatura in 1965 and is counted among The four greats of Chilean poetry, along with Pablo Neruda, Vicente Huidobro and Gabriela Mistral. He is considered an avantgarde poet and an influential figure in the poetry scene of his country.
Pablo de Rokha was born Carlos Daz Loyola in the small town of Licantn in the Maule Region, Chile on October 17, 1894. He was the son of Ignacio Daz Alvarado and Laura Loyola de Toledo and was the oldest of nineteen siblings. His family was middle class farmers from a rural area and de Rokhas father did various jobs to earn a living, such as a farm manager and a chief customs officer in the Andes border crossings. De Rokha spent his childhood on the farm Pocoa de Corinto where his father was working as manager, and used to accompany his father to the Andes border crossings.
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