Don Pablo Neruda Direct

Don Pablo Neruda understood that the job of the poet is not to be smart, but to be necessary. He once wrote: "He who has nothing—not even his shadow—has no need of poetry."

Matías became the postman of small things. Every day, he brought Neruda a crumb of ordinary life. And every day, Neruda gave him back a poem—spoken, not written—that turned that crumb into a constellation. don pablo neruda

Upon his return to Chile in 1972, Neruda became increasingly vocal in his opposition to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had overthrown Allende's government. Neruda's health began to decline, and he died on September 23, 1973, just 12 days after the coup, at the age of 69. Don Pablo Neruda understood that the job of