Nicanor Parra

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Nicanor Parra Sandoval
Born	Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (1914-09-05)5 September 1914 San Fabián de Alico, Chile
Died	23 January 2018(2018-01-23) (aged 103) La Reina, Chile
Occupation	Poet
Awards	Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2011)

Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda.

Parra described himself as an "anti-poet" on account of his distaste for poetry's pompous pretences. After his recitations, he would say: "Me retracto de todo lo dicho." ("I take back everything I've said.")