After Pinochet and the CIA removed the democratically elected president, the poet created this book the same year

A 1973 publication, "Pablo Neruda: Kronika 1948, Amerika," featuring a cover drawing by Pablo Picasso, is highlighted as a significant literary work. The booklet, a mere 35 pages, was released in the wake of the September 11, 1973, coup in Chile, which installed a military junta led by General Augusto Pinochet with the alleged support of the CIA and the U.S. government.

This edition contains a short title poem translated by Drago Ivanišević, alongside Ivanišević's insightful notes and commentary. The book's publication followed the death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda just twelve days after the coup. While Neruda had been ill, the circumstances of his death have led to speculation that he may have been killed.

Drago Ivanišević, a Trieste-born intellectual, had a distinguished career that included studies in French language and literature, a doctorate from Padua, and early work as an assistant director in Belgrade. He lived in Paris, taught in Croatia, and was a dramaturg before joining the partisans during World War II. Post-war, he became a professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, translating from French, Italian, and Spanish.

Ivanišević is credited with introducing Surrealism to Zagreb and was known for his dialect poetry, painting, and insatiable curiosity. The booklet includes his poem "Letter to a Dead Love '73 or Feuilleton," which reflects a somber mood that mirrors the political climate of the time, drawing parallels to the coup in Santiago.