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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 was a Chilean poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Of Spanish, Basque, and Indian descent, Mistral grew up in a village of northern Chile and became a schoolteacher at age 15, advancing later to the rank of college professor.
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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.
Gabriela Mistral, seudónimo de Lucila Godoy Alcayaga 2 ( Vicuña, 7 de abril de 1889- Nueva York, 10 de enero de 1957), 3 fue una poetisa, diplomática, profesora y pedagoga chilena. Por su trabajo poético, recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1945.
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.
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.
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.
