Isla Negra

Isla Negra is best known as the residence of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda,[1] who lived there at Casa de Isla Negra (with long periods of travel and exile) from 1939 until his death in 1973.

Every year on Neruda's birthday (12 July), there are celebrations, both at the house and in the artisans' square nearby.

[citation needed] Although most tourists come in buses to see Neruda's house, there is also a community of writers, artists and artisans who live in Isla Negra and the surrounding area.

[citation needed] As of 2024 the group Bordadoras de Isla Negra - its creation encouraged by Eduardo Martinez Bonati - were exhibited at the Venice Biennale.

[3]Their embroidery style is naive, but colorful and showed and tried to document the life on this island.