These publications appeared regularly in the press and began to give him notoriety in literary and social circles. This notoriety earned him the a prominent position in the "Ateneo de Santiago". Later on he was designated "Municipal Secretary of Viña del Mar," a city that with Valparaíso played a fundamental role in his cultural and personal life. He continued publishing poetry, verse and narratives in the magazine "La lira chilena" (The Chilean lyric poem), "Pluma y lapis" (Writer and pen) and "Luz y sombra" (Light and shadow) "inter alia". From anthologies compiled posthumously, including "El perro vagabundo" (The vagabond dog), "Nada" (Nothing), "El pintor pereza" (The idle painter), "El organillo" (The Hand Organ) "inter alia", remain his most acclaimed poems.