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Person Detail: Gabriela Mistral
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| Full Name: Gabriela Mistral | ||
| Biography: (1889-1957)(Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) Gabriela Mistral was born in Chile. She was the only Latin American woman to have won a Nobel Prize. She studied at the Pedagogical College in Santiago, became a secondary school teacher, taught in the Liceode los Andes (1912-1918), and rose to important posts in the Chilean educational system. She helped to reorganize the rural schools of Mexico (1922-24) and was visiting professor at Barnard, Vassar, and Middlebury colleges in the United States in 1931-32. She also served on the Committee of Arts and Letters of the League of Nations (1926-1939) and as Chilean consul in Madrid, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Nice, and Los Angeles. Her literary life is just as remarkable; she won first prize at the Juegos Florales of Santiago in 1914, her poems were collected and published in such books as "La voz de Elqui" (1908); "Sonetos de la muerte" (1914); "Desolacion" (1922), which was published in New York; "Ternura" (1925); "Nubes blancas" (1930); "La oraciÓn de la muestra" (1930); and "Tala" (1938). She received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1945. She lived in Roslyn Harbor, and died in Hempstead. |
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| 1957 |
Nassau County Mistral died in Hempstead, New York. |
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| 1931 |
New York County Mistral was visiting professor at Barnard, Vassar, and Middlebury colleges in the United States in 1931-32. |
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| 1889 |
(Unknown) County Mistral was born in Chile. |
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| 1931 |
Dutchess County Mistral was visiting professor at Barnard, Vassar, and Middlebury colleges in the United States in 1931-32. |
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| 1908 |
(Unknown) County "La voz de Elqui" |
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| 1914 |
(Unknown) County "Sonetos de la muerte" |
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| 1922 |
(Unknown) County "Desolacion" Published in New York. |
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| 1925 |
(Unknown) County "Ternura" |
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| 1930 |
(Unknown) County "Nubes blancas" |
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| 1930 |
(Unknown) County "La oraciÓn de la muestra" |
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| 1938 |
(Unknown) County "Tala" |
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Nassau County Mistral lived in Roslyn Harbor, NY. |
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