Birth Anniversary of Gabriela Mistral
2020-04-07 Tue
Lucila Godoy Alcayyaga also celebrated by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet, who became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945.Mistral was born on 7th April 1889, in Vicuna, Chile, but was raised in the small Andean village of Montegrande, where she attended a primary school taught by her older sister, Emelina Molina. Her father, Juan Geronimo Godoy Villanueva, was also a school teacher.
Mistral had passionate friendships with various men and women, and these impacted her writings. Her reputation as a poet was established in 1914 when she won a Chilean prize for three “Sonetos de la Muerte” (“Sonnets of Death”). In 1922, Mistral released her first book, Desolation (Desolacion). It was a collection of poems that encompassed motherhood, religion, nature, morality, and love of children.
She will always be seen as a representative figure in the cultural history of the continent. To honor her various commemorative stamps issue featuring her portrait. The 30 Chilean Peso stamp issued to celebrate her Birth Centenary in 1989. The stamp depicts the Gabriela Mistral receiving Nobel Prize 1945.
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