ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ˈeɪt, ðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ hɪz mˈʌðɚ dˈaɪd, hiː wʌz hˈaɪɚd æz ɐ laɪbɹˈɛɹiən ɪnðə bˈɪblɪˌoʊtkə nˈæʃənəl də tʃˈɪli ðə nˈæʃənəl lˈaɪbɹɛɹi ʌv tʃˈɪli.
In 1928, the same year his mother died, he was hired as a librarian in the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (The National Library of Chile).