Culture of Chile

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Some Chilean people call the country Pa�s de Poetas (land of poets). Chile has two Nobel prizes in this area. The most relevant chilean poets are:

• Pablo Neruda
• Gabriela Mistral
• Vicente Huidobro
• Pablo de Rokha
• Gonzalo Rojas
• Nicanor Parra

See also: List of Chileans

Artists

In the early part of the 20th Century, a number of Chilean artists journeyed to the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. They became known as the Grupo Montparnasse.

Famous musical groups

• La Ley
• Los Prisioneros
• Los Tres
• Los Jaivas

Apart from the historical elements, there are some particular characters in Chile:

• Papelucho
• Condorito

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Culture_of_Chile" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Chile, used under the GNU Free Documentation License