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| Courtesy of aboutsouthamerica.com |
| Pablo Neruda 1972 - at 68 years old |
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| Santiago in Focus |
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| ST Photo - Fernando Martinez Bravo |
| La Chascona - Neruda's former home in Santiago's bellavista district - is now a museum full of memorabilia |
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Top Cultural Story
NERUDA TURNS 100
Santiago Pays Homage
(July 9, 2004) On Monday, July 12, the world will celebrate what would have been Pablo Neruda’s one hundredth birthday. This poet, politician, activist, diplomat, exile and Noble Prize winner touched as many people within his native land of Chile as outside of it. He immortalized his love of women, the sea, his country’s and adopted countries’ landscapes in volumes of poetry, odes, sonnets and epics.
While the “People’s Poet” will be paid homage everywhere from New Delhi to Barcelona next week (and some celebrations have already begun), the festivities here in Chile will be particularly poignant. In the editorial, “Overdue Ode to Neruda: Chile Tries to Reconcile Love and Politics,” New York Times writer Carolyn Curiel observes, “the poet’s outspoken politics made him unwelcome in his native country for a time, a legacy the current government hopes to bury with praise.”
Cultural Brief
NERUDA AT THE BELLAS ARTES
A Cultural Summit of Poetry and Art at the Museum of Fine Arts
(July 9, 2004) In honor of Pablo Neruda’s centenary, officially celebrated on July 12th, the Bellas Artes Museum has inaugurated a magnificent, not-to-be-missed exhibit. The exhibit is a true gem amongst the fine array of celebrations honoring Chile’s Nobel laureate, arguably one of the country’s finest human treasures.
Santiago in focus
PRIVATE SIDE OF A PUBLIC MAN
Wander Through the Poet’s Imagination in La Chascona Museum
(July 9, 2004)You have to hand it to Pablo Neruda – the man had style. Not content with being an internationally acclaimed poet, globe-trotting diplomat and political activist, he also supervised the construction of houses to make your average interior designer green with envy.
Film Review
A GOOD TIME TO RE-RENT “IL POSTINO”
The Film That Evokes Neruda’s Life in Exile Turns 10
(July 9, 2004) As Pablo Neruda’s 100th birthday approaches, so does the 10 year anniversary of the release of “Il Postino” (1994), a film that beautifully imagines Neruda’s years in exile, in which a very strong friendship comes about because of his poetry.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK'S CULTURAL LISTINGS
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