La Chascona

Coordinates: 33°25′52″S 70°38′4″W / 33.43111°S 70.63444°W / -33.43111; -70.63444

La Chascona, Neruda's house in Santiago.

La Chascona is a house in the Barrio Bellavista of Santiago, Chile, which was owned by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. La Chascona reflects Neruda's quirky style, in particular his love of the sea, and is now a popular destination for tourists. Neruda began work on the house in 1953 for his then secret lover, Matilde Urrutia, whose curly red hair inspired the house’s name; chascona is a Chilean Spanish word of Quechua origin referring to a wild mane of hair.[1] In the house, there is a painting given to Urrutia by Neruda depicting a two-faced Urrutia, one face depicting the Urrutia as the singer the public knew, and the other depicting the lover Neruda knew. The painting also has a hidden image; the profile view of Neruda's face hidden in her hair, showing their continuous secret relationship. Urrutia would become the poet’s third wife and she took on the task of restoring the house following the poet’s death in 1973, when La Chascona suffered damage during the military coup.[2]

La Chascona is managed today by the Pablo Neruda Foundation.

See also

References

  1. ^ La Chascona History. Fundacionneruda.org. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ^ Chascona. Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

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