In Chile, Poetry Outlives the Dictators

Memories of the dictator Pinochet’s murderous barbarism linger still in Chile, but the poems of Pinochet’s enemy Pablo Neruda lives like it was written yesterday.

Jay Parini

Published Oct. 27 2014 5:45AM EDT 

Jay Parini

JayParini

parini@middlebury.edu

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