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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gabriela Mistral - Gabriela Mistral, also known as Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, was the first Latin-American writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Gabriela Mistral, pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was a Chilean poet, diplomat, educator, and humanist born in Vicuña, Chile in 1889. She is the author of over twelve books of poetry, including Desolación (Desolation) (1922), Ternura (Tenderness) (1924), and Tala (Felling) (1938), and the first Latin American writer to be awarded the ...
G ABRIELA M ISTRAL. 1945 Nobel Laureate in Literature. 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.
