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[12] Author Licia Fiol-Matta challenged the traditional views of Mistral as a saint-like celibate and suffering heterosexual woman, suggesting that she was a lesbian instead. In 2007, after the death of Mistral's alleged last romantic partner, Doris Dana, her archive was discovered, containing letters exchanged between Mistral and various ...
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 Lucila Godoy Alcayaga was a Chilean poet known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945.
The Chilean government awarded her with the Gabriela Mistral Medal of Honor for Life Achievement in 2000. [3] She is a recipient of the Belpré Medal . In the United States, she has received the Letras de Oro, the Latino Literary Prize, and the Peabody Award , together with the United Nations Leadership Award in Human Rights.
Her areas of research are Spanish, Chilean, and Latin American literature, as well as gender studies and women's literature, [2] of which she was an important promoter during the time of the military dictatorship in Chile. She is recognized for her research on the work of Gabriela Mistral.
Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (1889–1957), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, poet, educator, feminist; María Olivia Mönckeberg (born 1944), journalist, essayist, and academic; Yolanda Montecinos (1927–2007), journalist, television presenter; Nicolasa Montt (1857-1924), poet
She published two collections of poetry. The first, Pregón de Marimorena ("The Call of Mary Morena"), came out in 1946, [6] bringing her a certain amount of recognition. . Chilean Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral wrote of Brindis de Salas: "Sing, beloved Virginia, you are the only one of your race who represents Uru
The highest number of nominations – two nominations – was for the Danish author Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, who was awarded in 1944. Four of the nominees were women namely Gabriela Mistral (awarded in 1945), Elisaveta Bagryana, Henriette Charasson, and Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício. [3]