Did Chilean poet Pablo Neruda live to see the 1973 coup by right-wing General Pinochet?

July 13, 2020March 8, 2012 by Pamela Landy

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda just barely lived to see the 1973 coup by right-wing General Pinochet.

Neruda died of a heart attack in Chile just twelve days after the coup.

Neruda had supported the overthrown President Allende.

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