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By Kerri Lee Alexander, NWHM Fellow | 2018-2020. As a Chilean author and educator, Gabriela Mistral became the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. She boldly advocated for the rights of women, children, the poor, and many other disadvantaged groups in her community. Gabriela Mistral was born on April 7, 1889.
Gabriela Mistral. Biographical. Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957), pseudonym for Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was born in Vicuña, Chile. The daughter of a dilettante poet, she began to write poetry as a village schoolteacher after a passionate romance with a railway employee who committed suicide.
May 23, 2018 · Gabriela Mistral, pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature; as such, she will always be seen as a representative figure in the cultural history of the continent.
Feb 11, 2019 · Gabriela Mistral, born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957), was a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist best known for being the first Latin American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was awarded the prize “for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the ...
Dec 16, 2019 · Rebecca Bodenheimer. Updated on December 16, 2019. Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet and the first Latin American (man or woman) to win a Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. Many of her poems appear to have been at least somewhat autobiographical, responding to the circumstances of her life.
Mar 13, 2019 · The brilliance of Gabriela Mistral This article is more than 5 years old Letters: She won the Nobel prize 26 years before Pablo Neruda, writes Heather Mayall , and was the reason for his love...
Gabriela Mistral was the first female Latin American poet to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. She received it in 1945. The Nobel citation read: “ for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world “
