My poetry was made as a way to express love, deceit, sorrow, nature, travel, and love for children. I worked as an elementary and secondary village school teacher until I became famous for my poetry. I advocated for the rights of women, children, the poor, and many other disadvantaged groups in her community. My greatest achievement was when I became the first Latin American Author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. I was raised by my mother after my father left when I was three years old, but my dad also had a big influence on me to start poetry in the first place. My work has influenced many other people to create poetry themselves.

My reputation started when I won a Chilean Prize for “Sonetos de la muerte”.This poetry came from not the end of my life, but the beginning. “Sonetos de la muerte” (Sonnets of Death) was inspired by the suicide of my former lover, Romelio Ureta, in which I claim for his love, argues jealousy and discusses their reunion after death. I published this book in 1914, which was the main start to my career. I was awarded a prize in the Juegos Florales, a national library class. They were signed by the name I had been known as, which I coined from my two favorite poets, Gabriele D’Annunzio and Frédéric Mistral.

Creating the poem “Desolación” meant a lot of things. This poem allows English readers to appreciate the integrity and expressive power of this foundational book of my life and my works. “Desolación” (one of my early collections) included detailing the aftermath of the love affair that was ended by the suicide of my lover. I never got married because of this tragedy, but it seemed to have a positive effect on my work. I write my poetry about those who are mistreated like, children, Native Americans, women, Jews, war victims, workers, and the poor.

Who really inspired me to do my poetry was Doris Dana. “I know very well that, except for us, no one, no person in this world can possibly understand the essence of our life together,” I wrote in one of my letters to Doris. Doris Dana was officially my companion, secretary, and executor of my estate. That letter, which was overflowing with love and affection, was kept a secret for more that fifty years, until Dana’s death in 2006, when her niece donated these letters to the Chilean Library. “I only have you. take care of yourself for me. I take care of myself for you.” Another one of my famous quotes to a letter to Doris Dana.