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Gabriela Mistral reads eighteen poems from her collected volumes: Ternura, Lagar, and Tala. Recorded at Library of Congress, Hispanic Division on 12 December 1950. Newspaper clippings about Gabriela Mistral in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW; Gabriela Mistral Papers, 1911–1949; Works by Gabriela Mistral at LibriVox (public domain ...
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 ...
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.
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
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.
A prominent international figure born during this time was Gabriela Mistral, who in 1945 won the Nobel prize in literature and became a voice for women in Latin America. She upheld conservative gender norms, even at one point saying, “perfect patriotism in women is perfect motherhood”, and that as a teacher she was “married” to the state.
The Huffington Post reached out to historians across the country to create a list of women who deserve more recognition for their accomplishments. Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work.
It was followed by Argentinian academic Enrique Larreta who received 5 nominations from literary academies and various universities. Two of the nominees were women namely the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral (awarded in 1945) and Portuguese writer Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício. [3]