Residence on Earth

Residence on Earth (Spanish: Residencia en la Tierra) is book of poetry by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

Neruda wrote the book over a span of two decades, from 1925 until 1945.

[1] The first volume of Residence on Earth was published by Nascimento on 16 February 1933 in an edition of 100 copies.

In a letter to his friend and fellow writer Héctor Eandi, Neruda wrote 'Residencia en la tierra is being printed at this very moment in a luxury edition of just 100 copies, by Nascimento.

It will cost 50 Chilean dollars and I don't think that it will be on sale in Buenos Aires.

1973 bilingual edition
(publ. New Directions )
translated by Donald D. Walsh