Chile Honors 100 Writers and Poets
South African writers Nadine Gordimer and Wally Serote were among the 100 awarded with the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor by the government of Chile on Thursday. The award was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda, and was awarded to 100 poets and writers from all over the world "who have significantly contributed to culture, literature and the arts," said Ambassador Claudio Herrera.