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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award – for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35; Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards; Miles Franklin Award – for the best Australian published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases; New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards; Patrick White Award
Jane Teller (1933), sculptor and recipient of the 1988 Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Mierle Laderman Ukeles (1961), performance artist, winner of the 2001 Anonymous Was A Woman Award; Donna Zakowska (1975), Emmy Award-winning American costume designer for her work on John Adams
Sonetos de la Muerte (Sonnets of Death) is a work by the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, first published in 1914. She used a nom de plume as she feared that she may have lost her job as a teacher. [1] The work was awarded first prize in the Juegos Florales, a national literary contest.
National Student Journalism Awards: National Union of Students: Students send their best three articles from the past academic year to be critiqued by a panel of senior national journalists. [18] [19] [20] Ireland: National Student Media Awards: Oxygen.ie website: Annual All-Ireland student journalism competition [21] [22] The awards have been ...