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Gabriela Mistral | |
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| Born | Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga 7 April 1889 Vicuña, Chile |
| Died | 10 January 1957 (aged 67) Hempstead, New York |
| Occupation | Educator, Diplomat, Poet. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Period | 1914–1957 |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 |
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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] She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "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".[2] Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.
- ^ "Birth Anniversary of Gabriela Mistral". mintageworld. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Peers, E. Allison (1946). "Gabriela Mistral A tentative evaluation". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 23: 101–116. doi:10.1080/14753825012331359810 – via Taylor & Francis Online.