LA SANGRE Y LA TINTA

this article intends to approach the peculiarities of pablo neruda as a reader, on the basis of his dual status of reader who makes a free and deliberate use of texts, and as a reader that neglects the intellectuality of books. in this light, two aspects of neruda's readings are examined: those associated with the literary tradition which the poet calls "the forest of literature", and extra-literary readings related to varied disciplines and the history of knowledge. the article also discusses the transition between textual reading and the reading of the world in neruda.