Draft:La Sebastiana



La Sebastiana, a house on Cerro Florida (Florida Hill) in Valparaíso, Chile, was the home of poet-diplomat and politician Pablo Neruda (1904—1973). It is now a house museum, and it "has become a national monument to the writer."

"For that occasion Neruda wrote the poem 'La Sebastiana' which was later included in the book Full Empowerment. In the initial part the poem says: 'I establish the house/ I made it first of air./ then I raised the flag in the air / and I left it hanged/ from the open air, from the star, from/ the light and from the darkness…'"

"It was named La Sebastian "in honor to its builder, Sebastián Collado, a Spaniard who, after searching for a place from where he could have an entire view of Valparaíso, began to build this house with the purpose of living there when his children got married. Sebastián passed away. Fate and the search made by Sara Vial – a poet and a friend of Neruda's – plotted for its next owner to be the Chilean poet, who resolved to give it such a name claiming that 'even if don Sebastián did not write verse, he was a poet of construction'."

La Chascona

La Sebastiana, Valparaiso

Casa de Isla Negra, at or on Isla Negra, where Neruda and wife are buried.

Neruda, Neruda (film)

1994 film Il Postino

The house is now a house museum which can be visited, with an audio tour.

Also on Cerro Florida is Plaza Mena (of the poets), with statues of Neruda (1971 Nobel Prize in Literature winner and of his friend Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957, the 1945 winner).

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2023 news suggests he was in fact murdered by Pinochet, by botulism poisoning. Article mentions "Neruda's house in Valparaiso "has become a national monument to the writer."

La Sebastiana (currently a redlink) "What links here" for La Sebastiana

La Sebastiana Museum (should redirect to this article)

Sebastiana (currently a redirect to Meanings of minor-planet names: 1001–2000, as "1482 Sebastiana" or "Sebastiana" is a minor planet named for Sebastian something. "What links here" for Sebastiana Should be a page on the first name, and disambiguation should include:
 * a girl's first name
 * La Sebastiana (this house)
 * La Sebastiana (poem by Pablo Neruda)

Casa Museo La Sebastiana (should redirect to this article)

Hills of Valparaíso ( (Florida Hill and Cerro Florida could redirect to there, if not start an article)

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