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There is nothing better than to be witness to a great musical performance, where the words and music of a great piece of music are joined together by enthusiastic singers and musicians in a great venue. That's just what happened on a recent Sunday afternoon in Melbourne.

In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda describes his escape from the Chilean government of President Videla across the Andes to Argentina: On either side of the trail I could observe in the wild desolation something which betrayed human activity.

As a kid, I was almost embarrassed to have a heart. I would never disgrace myself with something as pedestrian as a crush, much less a girlfriend.

The Nobel laureate was not only one of the world’s most celebrated poets but also one of Chile’s most influential political activists

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

The wild coastlines of Sannick and Isla Negra are separated by 7,000 miles buy have been lyrically joined by a mysterious shrine to a Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet.

In the heart of the Chilean capital Santiago's Bohemian Bellavista district, where the nightlife never stops and poets roam in search of inspiration, lies La Chascona, one of the three homes-turned-museums on the life of Nobel prizewinning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

In the heart of the Chilean capital Santiagos Bohemian Bellavista district, where the nightlife never stops and poets roam in search of inspiration, lies La Chascona, one of the three homes-turned-museums on the life of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

By Sarath Chandrajeewa (Part I of this article appeared in Satmag of 04 Dec.) Allegations about Chilean Ambassador In his book ‘Memoirs’ Neruda openly admits to having sexual relations with a Tamil female labourer, engaged in what was considered the lowest of professions in society of the time, while he was the Chilean Ambassador to […]