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Biography of Gabriela MistralName: Gabriela MistralBirth Date: April 7, 1889 Death Date: January 10, 1957 Place of Birth: Vicuna, Chile Nationality: Chilean Gender: Female Occupations: poet Gabriela Mistral 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 Vicuña, a small town in northern Chile. Her parents were schoolteachers, but her father abandoned the family when she was 3. Tutored by her mother and a stepsister, also a teacher, she began instructing in 1904, achieving success in numerous high schools. In 1922 the Mexican minister of education, José Vasconcelos, invited her to assist in his reform program, and the apex of this career came the following year, when she was awarded the Chilean title "Teacher of the Nation." In 1925 she retired but remained active.Gabriela Mistral devoted much time to diplomatic activity, serving as honorary consul at Madrid, Lisbon, Nice, in Brazil, and at Los Angeles. She also served as a representative to the League of Nations and the United …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…went to the United States for medical aid in 1946, living in various locales and, after her appointment to the United Nations, moving to Long Island. It was there that she died of cancer on Jan. 10, 1957. Further Reading Margot Arce de Vázquez, Gabriela Mistral: The Poet and Her Work, translated by Helene Masslo Anderson (1964), contains a portion on the life of the poet, and other biographical data are contained in her critical analysis of the works. Arturo Torres Rioseco, Gabriela Mistral (1962), presents a personal view of his friend of some 30 years. Additional biographical sketches in English appear in standard anthologies of Latin American literature.Castleman, William J., Beauty and the mission of the teacher: the life of Gabriela Mistral of Chile, teacher, poetess, friend of the helpless, Nobel laureate, Smithtown, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1982. Gazarian-Gautier, Marie-Lise, Gabriela Mistral, the teacher from the Valley of Elqui, Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1975. |