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"The
poet is not a "little god". No, he is not a "little god".
He is not picked out by a mystical destiny in preference
to those who follow other crafts and professions. I have
often maintained that the best poet is he who prepares
our daily bread: the nearest baker who does not imagine
himself to be a god. He does his majestic and unpretentious
work of kneading the dough, consigning it to the oven,
baking it in golden colours and handing us our daily bread
as a duty of fellowship. |
And,
if the poet succeeds in achieving this simple consciousness,
this too will be transformed into an element in an immense
activity, in a simple or complicated structure which
constitutes the building of a community, the changing
of the conditions which surround mankind, the handing
over of mankind's products: bread, truth, wine, dreams.
If the poet joins this never-completed struggle to extend
to the hands of each and all his part of his undertaking,
his effort and his tenderness to the daily work of all
people, then the poet must take part, the poet will
take part, in the sweat, in the bread, in the wine,
in the whole dream of humanity. Only in this indispensable
way of being ordinary people shall we give back to poetry
the mighty breadth which has been pared away from it
little by little in every epoch, just as we ourselves
have been whittled down in every epoch." [From
his lecture, TOWARDS THE SPLENDID CITY]. [
Learn more about Pablo Neruda]
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Antonio Skármeta & Martín
Espada on the
Poetry Train to Parral -- birthplace of Neruda |
Rattapallax
leads delegation to Centenary of Neruda
Yusef
Komunyakaa, Martín Espada, Nathalie Handal, and Ram
Devineni were official delegates for the Centenary
of Neruda in Chile. There were on a special train
with leading South American poets Ernesto Cardenal,
Antonio Skármeta, and the Chilean President Lagos to
Neruda's home in Parral. Also, there were trips to Neruda's
home in Isla Negra and a documentary
on Neruda and September 11, 1973. There was also a reading
at the Universidad Diego Portales featuring Yusef, Martín,
and Raúl Zurita. [ more
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Alabanza
This
is the story of two horrific events that changed two
countries on September 11 and the undocumented victims
of both acts. It is also about Martín Espada, an extraordinary
poet and human rights advocate, who wrote the definitive
poem about 9/11 and his journey to Santiago to participate
in the 100th Anniversary of Chile's greatest poet, Pablo
Neruda. [ more ].
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Enero
2004: Jueves 8, 15, 22 Y 29 at 20:45 hrs: Nueva York
-- Bellavista
Organizada
por la Fundación Pablo Neruda y la Facultad de Humanidades
de la Universidad Diego Portales, la tercera versión
de POESÍA 100% reúne en Bellavista una selección de
lo mejor de la nueva poesía chilena y estadounidense.
Las actividades oficiales del festival contemplan lecturas
al aire libre en la Plaza Camilo Mori (Constitución
esquina Antonia López de Bello) los jueves 8, 15, 22
y 29 de enero a las 20:45 hrs. Estas jornadas serán
transmitidas en vivo por Radio Concierto (FM 88.5) y
por educarchile, en video digital. [ more
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UNESCO
Celebrate 100 Years of Neruda. In a message
to be read on March 18, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro
Matsuura reminds us that Pablo Neruda, was Chile's Ambassador
to UNESCO and adds: "Let us read and re-read his work
at a point in time when humanity, in all its glorious
diversity, needs to rediscover and fully grasp the meaning
of dialogue and strive ceaselessly to multiply the occasions
to nourish it." [ more
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To
celebrate the Centenary of Neruda, we asked poets, editors,
reading organizers and anyone interested to setup as
many literary readings, conferences, and events around
the world around Pablo Neruda.The events happened
from March to July 2004 and followed the guidelines
on the right. Read
the press release (PDF)
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