Pablo Neruda's house in Santiago, Chile has been preserved as a museum, called La Chascona. I asked Javier Ormeño Bustos to explain how travel shaped the great poet's life ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.
You can learn more about the events described in this episode at the following links:
The general context and implications of the Spanish refugees in France:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/03/inenglish/1441275302_272830.html
A testimony in English by one of the refugees, Elena Castedo:
http://www.elenacastedo.com/blog.htm?post=633104
Some articles of Winnipeg on wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Winnipeg
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaje_del_Winnipeg_de_1939
A very good site on the Winnipeg, curated by the National Library of Chile:
http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-732.html
An article by Neruda himself on the Winnipeg.
http://pablo-neruda2-france.blogspot.cl/2009/06/el-winnipeg-y-otros-poemas.html
“My spirit has pass’d in compassion and determination around the whole earth, I have look’d for equals and lovers and found them ready for me in all lands …”