La Sebastiana, the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, is pictured in Chile. Photo: Reuters
Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's museum houses are at risk of shutting down for good after forced closures and a sharp drop in tourism caused by the coronavirus pandemic dried up funds, the foundation in charge of managing them said.
"The pandemic devastated all visitors. We are in a critical situation," said Fernando Saez, executive director of the Neruda Foundation, in a meeting with foreign correspondents at the poet's house in Santiago.
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Pablo Neruda museum house, Chile
La Sebastiana, the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, is pictured in Chile. Photo: Reuters
A cutout image of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is seen at his house-museum in Santiago, Chile. Photo: Reuters
A view shows elements of the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in the coastal sector of Isla Negra, Chile. Photo: Reuters
The Pablo Neruda Foundation asked the state for help in order to be able to maintain his legacy due to the low influx of public amid the pandemic. Photo: AFP
People stand at the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in the coastal sector of Isla Negra, Chile. Photo: Reuters
Tourists look at a painting at "La Chascona”, a house of Pablo Neruda in Santiago. He started to build the house in 1953 for Matilde Urrutia, his secret lover at the time, and named it "La Chascona”, the nickname he gave Urrutia due to her abundant red hair. Photo: AFP
A view shows exhibits inside La Sebastiana, the museum house of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, in Valparaiso, Chile. Photo: Reuters
A view of the living room inside La Sebastiana. Photo: Reuters
