names of, vii, 63, 64n, 83, 339, 346, 348, 350–51, 353–54
opium used by, 178–84, 187
Pan-Americanism of, 288, 292, 310–12
as people’s poet, 2, 7, 218, 277–78, 288, 433, 492, 496–97
photos of, 147, 171, 298, 342, 361, 377, 427
physical appearance of, 22, 24, 29, 32–33, 35–37, 46, 56, 58–59, 71, 73–74, 77, 80, 85, 91, 96, 107, 109, 111, 122–23, 135, 171, 189, 196, 223, 228, 273, 292, 298, 318, 324n, 337, 342, 346, 349–50, 355, 357, 387, 391, 399, 419, 443–44, 462, 469–70, 472–73, 478, 492, 503
on poetry and poets, ix, 33, 38, 50, 53, 60, 63, 68, 83–86, 93–94, 97, 138, 198, 218, 228, 240–41, 264, 268–69, 277, 301, 308, 314–16, 362–63, 365, 387, 400–401, 403–5, 422, 425, 426n, 435, 442, 467, 497
poetry readings of, 96, 107–8, 201–2, 211, 223–25, 274, 277, 292, 296, 299, 302, 307, 319–20, 324, 326, 328, 345, 350, 359, 361, 385, 416, 426n–27n, 437–40, 453, 455–56, 462–63, 471, 502
politics of, 1–3, 7–8, 10, 32, 45–47, 68, 77–79, 83–84, 87–89, 92, 97, 144, 149–50, 155, 169, 177–78, 183–84, 187–88, 217–18, 220, 227, 242, 245–46, 251, 262–63, 267–69, 273–74, 276–78, 280, 288, 290–91, 295, 298–302, 303n, 304–6, 308–11, 315–17, 320, 325–30, 334, 341, 343, 359, 361–62, 364–67, 369, 374–75, 378n, 380–83, 385–87, 394, 397–402, 406, 408, 411–14, 418, 422, 424–27, 429–31, 433–34, 436, 438, 441, 445, 449–53, 455–56, 462, 466–69, 471, 475, 478, 480, 483–84, 486, 496, 499, 501, 503
popularity and fame of, 1–3, 7–9, 11, 71, 82, 91, 95–96, 107–8, 112, 119, 122–23, 135, 137, 140, 149, 179, 196, 202, 204–5, 236, 244, 273, 277, 281, 283, 288, 296, 298, 303–4, 325, 360–61, 364–65, 368, 370, 380, 393, 397, 399–400, 416, 418, 422, 429, 433, 437, 440, 444, 446, 453, 455, 462, 468–69, 475, 481–82, 486–87, 491–92, 496–98, 500, 502
presidential campaign of, 452–54
productivity of, 136, 159, 421, 444, 447
reading of, 39, 42, 48, 57, 59, 63, 76, 79–81, 108, 110, 121, 126n, 158, 172–73, 179, 186n, 188, 191–92, 242, 428
reburial of, 490–91, 500
religion and, 21, 98, 172, 185–87, 219
return from exile of, 397–400, 403
senatorial campaign of, 320, 323–24, 412
senatorial career of, 8, 325, 327, 330, 332–38, 341, 348, 361, 366
sexuality and womanizing of, 42, 97–99, 112, 118, 122, 131, 154–56, 165–66, 169, 176–78, 184–85, 187, 210, 212–13, 230, 246–47, 367–68, 463–64, 472–73, 503
social conscience of, 7, 32, 45–46, 89, 218, 247n
socializing of, 78–79, 90–91, 292, 295, 298–99, 319–20, 345, 402, 413, 419
speeches and lectures of, 53, 243, 261–62, 268, 272, 274, 287–88, 292–93, 304, 310–11, 318–19, 326, 330, 334–37, 352–53, 355, 359, 361–65, 385, 387, 393, 399–400, 428–29, 433–34, 453, 467–69, 497
suspected assassination of, 491–95, 495n–96n, 601n
utopian vision of, 373–74, 377, 464
vacations of, 54–58, 64n, 75, 93, 99, 121–22, 124, 130–31, 132n, 150, 388–89, 415, 417
warrant for arrest of, 8, 339, 341–45, 355, 368, 376, 385, 397, 479
workers and, 32, 83–84, 277, 315–16, 330, 332–35, 377, 405, 413, 462, 497
writing routine of, 58, 344, 401, 447
young Chileans on, 498–500
Neruda, Pablo (Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto), writings of:
“Alberto Rojas Jiménez Comes Flying,” 219–20
allegedly plagiarized, 235–40
“Always,” 388
“América, I Don’t Invoke Your Name in Vain,” 308
“America, Your Lamps Must Keep Burning,” 310–11
“Amor América (1400),” 373–74
Anillos (Rings), 135–36, 200–201
Arte de pájaros (Art of Birds), 444
“Arte poética,” 403
Aún (Still Another Day), 448, 519n
“An Autograph of Pablo Neruda,” 281
“Autumn,” 465
La barcarola, 447
“The Birth,” 13
Canción de gesta, 428–29
Canto general (Canto General), 206n, 243, 277, 297, 300, 308, 311, 322–23, 327, 343, 345, 350–51, 366–67, 369–77, 380, 397, 411, 416, 430, 490, 496, 514, 518, 519n
Canto general de Chile, 276–77, 307–8, 311, 380
Cantos ceremoniale (Ceremonial Songs), 431–32
“La Casa,” 32
Un casa en la arena (A House in the Sand), 444
“La chair est triste, hélas!” (“The Flesh Is Sad, Alas!”), 64
Cien sonetos de amor (One Hundred Love Sonnets), 431
Comiendo en Hungria (Eating in Hungary), 436, 439n
“Contradicted Communications,” 182
“The Corpses in the Plaza (January 28, 1946, Santiago de Chile),” 327
Crepusculario (The Book of Twilights), 78, 85–92, 108–9, 113, 141, 200, 205, 369
“The Crisis of Democracy in Chile Is a Dramatic Warning for Our Continent,” 334–36
critical reviews of, 49, 69, 88–89, 113–17, 128–29, 133–35, 138, 151–52, 160–62, 167, 198, 201–2, 205, 235–40, 244, 302–3, 362–65, 372, 380, 406, 408, 425, 434, 445
“Dawn’s Dim Light,” 147
“A Day in Singapore,” 180–81
“Death of a Journalist,” 451
“Deber del poeta” (“Poet’s Obligation”), 432–33
“The Desperate Song,” 54–55
“Desperation,” 41–42
“Discoverers of Chile,” 277
“Disposiciones” (“Dispositions”), 490
“The Distant Life,” 100–101
Elegía (Elegy), 469
“Employee,” 83–84
“Entusiasmo y perseverancia” (“Enthusiasm and Perseverance”), 47
“The Episode,” 434
La espada encendida (The Flaming Sword), 464
España en el corazón (Spain in the Heart), 258, 262, 274, 277, 300, 305
Estravagario (Estravagaria), 425, 426n, 486, 508
“Exegesis and Solitude,” 116–17
“Farewell,” 89–91, 107, 142
“The Father,” 276
final, 483–85
Fin del mundo (World’s End), 450–52
“Forget About Me,” 504
forms, rhythms, and techniques in, 48–49, 64n, 70, 81, 88, 93–94, 97, 102, 112–18, 124–29, 137–38, 152, 157, 160–62, 167–68, 176, 182, 194, 198, 202, 205, 240, 258, 303, 307–8, 311, 315–16, 374, 404, 406–7, 409, 421, 425–26, 426n–27n
“The Frontier (1904),” 27
“The Fugitive: XII,” 341
Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta (The Splendor and Death of Joaquín Murieta), 444–47, 454
full length poems, 507–16
“The Furies and the Sorrows,” 246
“Galope muerto” (“Dead Gallop”), 137–39, 182
“The Ghost of the Cargo Ship,” 193–94
El habitante y su esperanza (The Inhabitant and His Hope), 133–35, 200–201
“Hate,” 55
“The Heights of Macchu Picchu,” 35, 287, 311–16, 343, 319, 343, 371, 379–80, 397, 404, 426n, 433, 439, 462–63, 512–13
El hondero entusiasta (The Enthusiastic Sling–Shooter), 94, 198, 200–201
“Hospital,” 100–101
“I am Here,” 239
“I End Here (1949),” 357, 380
“I Explain Some Things,” 228–29, 262–64, 501
“Illness in My Home,” 233
images and symbols in, 4, 35, 54–55, 62, 88, 112, 114, 129, 134, 137–38, 142, 159–61, 166–68, 182, 207, 324n, 362, 406, 433, 435, 447, 451, 483, 503, 505, 519n
“I’m Scared,” 88
“In Vietnam,” 448
“The Invisible Man,” 402–5, 433
Isla Negra, 183, 276, 426n, 486
“It Means Shadows,” 186–87
“Ivresse,” 64n
“Keeping Quiet,” 426
“A Lamp on Earth,” 311, 343
“Lazybones,” 504–5
“Letter on the Road,” 394
letters, 80–81, 94, 99–106, 109, 116–17, 119, 121–23, 131, 136–37, 143–44, 148, 150–51, 155–59, 162–64, 167, 171–72, 174–76, 178, 180,
