Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) "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." [1] [2] She is the fifth female and first Latin American recipient of the literature prize. [3 ...
Gabriela Mistral Chile: First Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in literature 1967 Miguel Ángel Asturias Guatemala: 1971 Pablo Neruda Chile: 1982 Gabriel García Márquez Colombia: 1990 Octavio Paz Mexico: 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Peru
Gabriela Mistral. Lucila Godoy Alcayaga was a Chilean poet known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral. ... She was celebrated by the Imagen Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for her positive ...
He would also follow in Mistral’s footsteps when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, [2] 26 years after Mistral herself had won the highest honor in literature in 1945. [3] In contrast to this tenuous link, the relationship between Huidobro, De Rokha and Neruda was one of the most persistent rivalries in Chilean cultural history.
Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years. [3] In 1901, the first laureate Sully Prudhomme received 150,782 SEK, which is equivalent to 8,823,637.78 SEK in January 2018. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. [4]
The decision to award Winston Churchill the Nobel Prize in Literature has been questioned. "Winston Churchill is historical but he belongs only to a little extent to the history of literature," wrote Helmer Lång in his 2001 book about the Nobel Prizes in literature, "It was the defender of democracy, the winner against fascism, that was ...
Gabriela Mistral: Q7240425: Tigre Juan award: 1977 Ramón Pérez de Ayala: Spain: Oviedo: ... annual literary award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature