of Mexico, and the José Hernández prize of Argentina. He was awarded the Cervantes Prize for 2003 the 23 of April 2004. On the morning of April 25, 2011, Rojas died as a consequence of a stroke he suffered earlier in February. The government declared two days of official mourning. He was buried in Chillan, Chile. He was considered one of the greatest modern poets in Chile, together with Nicanor Parra. His poetry has been translated into English, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Bengali and Greek. Selected works La miseria del hombre (1948) Contra la muerte (1964) Oscuro (1977) Transtierro (1979) Del relámpago (1981) 50 poemas (1982) El alumbrado (1986) Antología personal (1988) Materia de testamento (1988) Antología de aire (1991) Desocupado lector (1990) Las hermosas (1991), Zumbido (1991) Río turbio (1996) América es la casa y otros poemas (1998) Obra selecta (1999) References External links Rojas on Poetry translation.org (with one poem translated in English) What Do We Love When We Love: Poem by Gonzalo Rojas 1916 births 2011 deaths Chilean male poets Premio Cervantes winners National Prize for Literature (Chile) winners Academic staff of the University of Rostock 20th-century Chilean poets 20th-century Chilean male writers