Original text by Pablo Neruda. The subject is Ricardo E. Molinari. Isla Negra, March 1973.

Original text by Pablo Neruda. The subject is Ricardo E. Molinari. Isla Negra, March 1973.

Two pages typewritten on one side, the first with Neruda’s letterhead stamp, with corrections and Neruda’s signature in green. This is an important letter written 6 months before the death of Pablo Neruda, it is one of the last essays by the poet and is not found among his inventories. He praises Ricardo. E. Molinari, one of the greatest and least-known poets in the Spanish language. It is undoubtedly one of the poet’s last publications while he was still alive, it was published in the magazine Crisis, in a monographic edition dedicated to Molinari. In the text he evokes memories of his friendship with Federico García Lorca.