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Love stories of Chile

The homeland of two Nobel laureates of love: Neruda, who wrote "100 Love Sonnets" for Matilde, and Gabriela Mistral, whose love for Doris Dana her letters revealed.

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The homeland of two Nobel laureates of love: Neruda, who wrote "100 Love Sonnets" for Matilde, and Gabriela Mistral, whose love for Doris Dana her letters revealed.

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Pablo Neruda & Matilde Urrutia
Chile · 1946–1973

Pablo Neruda & Matilde Urrutia

A hundred sonnets for a secret lover

The secret lover who became wife, nurse and guardian of the Nobel laureate's legacy, and the muse of "100 Love Sonnets" and "The Captain's Verses."

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Gabriela Mistral & Doris Dana
Chile / USA · 1946–1957

Gabriela Mistral & Doris Dana

The love the letters revealed

The Nobel laureate — the first Latin American woman to win it — and her American companion and translator; their love was revealed by the letters published as "Niña errante" (2010), shattering the myth of the lonely "Saint Gabriela."

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What are the great Chilean love stories?

Some of the greatest are Pablo Neruda & Matilde Urrutia, Gabriela Mistral & Doris Dana.

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