Pablo de Rokha

Pablo de Rokha
Born
Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola

(1894-10-17)17 October 1894
Licantén, Provincia de Curicó, Chile
Died10 September 1968(1968-09-10) (aged 73)
Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placeSantiago General Cemetery
Pen namePablo de Rokha
OccupationPoet
LanguageSpanish
Literary movementVanguardismo
Notable awardsNational Prize for Literature, 1965
Spouse
(m. 1916; died 1951)
Children9, including
Carlos de Rokha
Lukó de Rokha
RelativesMahfúd Massís (son-in-law)
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Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola (17 October 1894 – 10 September 1968), known by the pseudonym Pablo de Rokha, was a Chilean vanguard poet. Awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965, de Rokha is considered one of the four greats of Chilean poetry.