Gabriela+Mistral

=  Gabriela Mistral          =

    Born on "April 6, 1889 in Vicuna, Chile" (1) she became the first Latin-American woman ever to win the Nobel Prize for Liturature (1). This was her pen name. Her birth name was "Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga" (10). Her works were mostly inspired either by things that she saw or experianced. They were greatly impacted by tragedy of her father's abandonment and the suicide of her lover, ironically named Romeo (10). She wrote about "images of love...and issues related to education and poetry" (10). Back to main page.