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Gabriela Mistral

1889 - 1957

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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, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "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". Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriela Mistral is the 457th most popular writer (down from 449th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Chile (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Writer.

Gabriela Mistral is most famous for being the first Latin American and Chilean woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. She was also the first Latin American woman to become a diplomat.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gabriela Mistral ranks 457 out of 7,302. Before her are Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, and Marguerite Yourcenar. After her are Ahmad Yasawi, Baldassare Castiglione, Dan Brown, Samuel Butler, Statius, and Thomas Bernhard.

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Among people born in 1889, Gabriela Mistral ranks 20. Before her are Vaslav Nijinsky, Arnold J. Toynbee, Igor Sikorsky, Thomas Midgley Jr., Manuel II of Portugal, and Claude Rains. After her are Idris of Libya, Carl von Ossietzky, Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, and Otto Frank. Among people deceased in 1957, Gabriela Mistral ranks 21. Before her are Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Reich, Gichin Funakoshi, Oliver Hardy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, and Henry van de Velde. After her are Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, Curzio Malaparte, and Jože Plečnik.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Gabriela Mistral ranks 4 out of 321. Before her are Pablo Neruda (1904), Augusto Pinochet (1915), and Salvador Allende (1908). After her are Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Michelle Bachelet (1951), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Manuel Pellegrini (1953), Víctor Jara (1932), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), and Luis Sepúlveda (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Chile

Among writers born in Chile, Gabriela Mistral ranks 2. Before her are Pablo Neruda (1904). After her are Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Antonio Skármeta (1940), Nicanor Parra (1914), José Donoso (1924), Vicente Huidobro (1893), Cristina Calderón (1928), and Alberto Hurtado (1901).

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