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Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (Latin American Spanish: [luˈsila ɣoˈðoj alkaˈʝaɣa]; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjela misˈtɾal]), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. [1]
Gabriela Mistral (born April 7, 1889, Vicuña, Chile—died January 10, 1957, Hempstead, New York, U.S.) was a Chilean poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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 (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.
Gabriela Mistral, literary pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was the first Spanish 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.
La poeta Gabriela Mistral es considerada uno de los principales referentes de la literatura chilena e hispanoamericana del siglo XX; por su obra, obtuvo en 1945 el Premio Nobel de Literatura, que constituye el primer reconocimiento de la Academia Sueca a las letras latinoamericanas.
Gabriela Mistral. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945. Born: 7 April 1889, Vicuña, Chile. Died: 10 January 1957, Hempstead, NY, USA. Residence at the time of the award: Chile. Prize motivation: “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”
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.
Nobel Prize -winning Chilean poet who was also a noted educator, humanist and social reformer. Name variations: Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Pronunciation: Gahb-ree-A-la Mee-STRAHL.
Gabriela Mistral’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1945. (Translation) Today Sweden turns toward a distant Latin American country to honour it in the person of one of the many exponents of its culture.
