Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957

"Gabriela Mistral, seudónimo de Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (Vicuña, Región de Coquimbo, Chile; 7 de abril de 1889-Nueva York, Estado de Nueva York, Estados Unidos; 10 de enero de 1957), fue una poetisa, diplomática, feminista y pedagoga chilena. Una de las principales figuras de la literatura chilena y latinoamericana, fue la primera iberoamericana premiada con el Nobel: ganó el de Literatura en 1945."

"Gabriela Mistral (Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjela misˈtɾal]; 7 April 1889 - 10 January 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. She was the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she did 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. Her portrait also appears on the 5,000 Chilean peso bank note."