Okay, that is an understatement since he did win a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Like many other known writers, Pablo Neruda started out as a pen name for Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. He got inspiration for his pen name from the Czech poet, Jan Neruda. Later on in his life, Neruda took this his pen name for good. Pablo Neruda wasn’t just a poet, but he was also a diplomat and politician (sounds pretty awesome, huh?). He also went through some marriages and divorces, but his most well-known love was with his latest wife, Matilde Urrutia, whom he often wrote about in his works.