Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) was a Chilean poet and educator. Her poetry earned her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945.Gabriela Mistral was born Lucila Godoy Alcaya on April 6, 1889, at Vicu&ntild...
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Gabriela Mistral, literary pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was the first Spanish American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature; as such, she will always be seen as a representative figu...
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In the following essay, Finlayson introduces Mistral to North American readers as a poet of sadness, an advocate for the downtrodden, and as a Christian evangelist of Democracy.
In 1889 there was b...
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In the following essay, Maier analyzes two of Mistral's poems, both of which dwell on twilight images, for modernist and avant-garde elements; Maier calls her a “poet of transition. ...
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In the following essay, Ryan-Kobler argues that Mistral's poetry contradicts the accepted, simplified image of Mistral as the saintly mother of Latin America.
The psychoanalyst and feminist ...
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Gullberg addresses a tribute to Mistral in the following citation from the Swedish Academy, awarding her the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The tears of a mother once caused an entire language disdain...
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In the following essay, Rosenbaum examines the appearance and development of such characteristic themes as passion, violence, asceticism, materialism, and pan-Americanism in Mistral's poetry.
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In the following introduction to his translations of her poetry, Hughes pays tribute to Mistral as a poet and as a person.
She did not sign her poetry with her own name, Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, be...
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In the following essay, Bates retraces the poetic journey through Chile Mistral undertook in her unfinished Poema de Chile.
The distinguished Chilean poet, Gabriela Mistral, winner of the Nobel Pri...
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In the following excerpt, Arce de Vasquez offers a broad survey of Mistral's poetry ranging from the beginning to the end of her career, and an in-depth explication of selected works.
Gabrie...
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In the following essay, Arce de Vasquez offers an explication of Mistral's “Nocturne”, arguing that the poem traces a course from the bitterness of betrayed passion to resignation...
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In the following essay, Virgilio advances a metaphorical understanding of Mistral's use of the conventional image of women and of women's roles in her poetry.
“Fruta”
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In the following essay, Dewberry discusses the imagery and associations surrounding sleep in Mistral's lullabies.
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet known by her pen name of Gabriela Mist...
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Stockholm (dpa) - Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature since
1945:
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2006 Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)
2005 Harold Pinter (Britain)
2004 Elfried...
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Gabriela Mistral
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga
Critical Essay by Clarence Finlayson
LIST: Nobel Prize for Literature laureates since 1945
