When I was a boy Neruda called me Policarpo
By: a memoir by Poli Délano ; with poems by Pablo Neruda ; translated by Sean Higgins ; pictures by Manuel Monroy
Contributors: Monroy, Manuel; Higgins, Sean, 1961-
Publisher: Groundwood Books; House of Anansi Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Toronto; Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780888997265
Subjects: Neruda, Pablo, -- 1904-1973 -- Juvenile literature; Délano, Poli, -- 1936- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature; Neruda, Pablo, -- 1904-1973; Délano, Poli, -- 1936- -- Childhood and youth; Poets, Chilean -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Authors, Chilean -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Poets, Chilean -- 20th century -- Biography; Authors, Chilean -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Work titles: Policarpo y el tio Pablo.
Description: The author recalls the period in his childhood when he and his parents lived in Mexico with the poet Pablo Neruda, describing the many things he learned from the poet, such as how to swim, how to eat grasshoppers, and how to stand up for one's beliefs
Notes: Translation of:Policarpo y el tío Pablo
Table of contents: title: Belligerent badger: United fruit company; title: War: Twenty love poems: 20. I can write the saddest verses; title: Spoiled spider: Heights of Macchu Picchu: XI. Down through the blurred slendor; title: Tarzans of acapulco; title: Fugitive: XII. To everyone, to you; title: Caviar for tia ant: Great tablecloth; title: Invisible stroke of fate: Poetry; title: Like taking a bone from a dog