Poet Pablo Neruda talks with reporters Oct. 21, 1971, in Paris after being awarded that year's Nobel Prize for Literature. Laurent Rebours/AP hide caption toggle caption Laurent Rebours/AP The Two-Way Chile Says It's Possible That Poet Pablo Neruda Was Murdered November 6, 2015 • Neruda's death in 1973 was attributed to prostate cancer. Now, 42 years later, the Chilean government says the Nobel laureate may have been killed in the aftermath of a coup.
