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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Pseudonym for Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a noted poet and teacher, who became a legend of international stature and matriarchal figure in Latin America.  Feminist icon.  First Latin American to win Nobel prize, 1945.  Lived in exile for most of her life (France, United States, Brazil) due to her popularity.  Some of Mistral's best known poems include Piececitos de Niño, Balada, Todas Íbamos a ser Reinas, La Oración de la Maestra, El Ángel Guardián, Decálogo del Artista and La Flor del Aire. She wrote and published some 800 essays in magazines and newspapers.  Chilean consul in Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon.  Oftened called the 'Mother of the Nation'.   
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Pseudonym for Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a noted poet and teacher, who became a legend of international stature and matriarchal figure in Latin America.  Feminist icon.  First Latin American to win Nobel prize in Literature when she won in 1945.  Lived in exile for most of her life (France, United States, Brazil) due to her popularity.  Some of Mistral's best known poems include Piececitos de Niño, Balada, Todas Íbamos a ser Reinas, La Oración de la Maestra, El Ángel Guardián, Decálogo del Artista and La Flor del Aire. She wrote and published some 800 essays in magazines and newspapers.  Chilean consul in Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon.  Often called the 'Mother of the Nation'.   
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==See Also==
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* [[Feminist Activists Who Identify as Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender]]
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* [[Nobel Prize Winners from the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 14:10, 22 September 2024

Gabriela Mistral

Country

Chile

Birth - Death

1898 - 1957

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Nobel Prize

Description

Pseudonym for Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a noted poet and teacher, who became a legend of international stature and matriarchal figure in Latin America. Feminist icon. First Latin American to win Nobel prize in Literature when she won in 1945. Lived in exile for most of her life (France, United States, Brazil) due to her popularity. Some of Mistral's best known poems include Piececitos de Niño, Balada, Todas Íbamos a ser Reinas, La Oración de la Maestra, El Ángel Guardián, Decálogo del Artista and La Flor del Aire. She wrote and published some 800 essays in magazines and newspapers. Chilean consul in Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon. Often called the 'Mother of the Nation'.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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