Mark Eisner has dedicated much of the past two decades to projects centered on Pablo Neruda. He conceived, edited, and translated The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems and wrote the introduction for the first English translation of Neruda’s Venture of the Infinite Man. Eisner is also producing a documentary on Neruda, supported by Latino Public Broadcasting, which has won the Latin American Studies Association Award of Merit in Film. Involved in the early stages of the Red Poppy Art House, he continues to lead Red Poppy, a literary non-profit focused on Latin American poetry. He is currently working on a book about revolutionary photographer Tina Modotti.

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Neruda: The Biography of a Poet by Mark Eisner

Neruda | The Biography of a Poet by Mark Eisner tells the intriguing story of renowned Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda through the examination of his poems. The book vividly depicts Neruda’s monumental life, potent verse, and ardent belief in the “poet’s obligation” to use poetry for social good.