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Gabriela Mistral

Born

in Vicuña, Chile

April 07, 1889

Died

January 10, 1957

Genre

Poetry

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Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (pseudonym: Gabriela Mistral), a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 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 Indian and European influences.
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Average rating: 4.0 · 6,851 ratings · 1,142 reviews · 312 distinct works • Similar authors

	Desolación 3.98 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 1922 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madwomen: Poems of Gabriela Mistral by Gabriela Mistral, Randall Couch (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.93 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doris, vida mía 4.20 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by Gabriela Mistral, Ursula K. Le Guin (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1941 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tala 3.97 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1938 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poema de Chile, completo 4.38 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1967 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antología poética by Gabriela Mistral, Hugo Montes Brunet (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 216 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Éxtasis 3.48 avg rating — 235 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ternura 3.67 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las renegadas: Antología by Gabriela Mistral, Lina Meruane (Editor/Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gabriela Mistral (?)

“You shall create beauty not to excite the senses
but to give sustenance to the soul. ”
― Gabriela Mistral

tags: chilean, poetry

76 likes

“Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.”
― Gabriela Mistral

tags: love

67 likes

“Donde haya un árbol que plantar, plántalo tú. Donde haya un error que enmendar, enmiéndalo tú. Donde haya un esfuerzo que todos esquivan, hazlo tú. Sé tú el que aparta la piedra del camino.”
― Gabriela Mistral

tags: inspirational

53 likes

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