Pablo Neruda “would have turned 100 on July 12. Today he is the emblem of the engaged poet, an artist whose heart was consumed by passion — for people and politics. García Márquez called him “the greatest poet of the 20th century, in any language.” While the homage might have been overinflated, there is little doubt that Neruda is among the most enduring voices of the last, tumultuous (in his own words, “the saddest”) century.”