The Life of Gabriela Mistral
To begin, Gabriela Mistral is a Chilean writer and diplomat. The reason I chose to focus on her today is because she is the first Chilean writer that I have researched about. She was born in Vicuña, Chile and was the first Spanish American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gabriela Mistral was her literary pseudonym, or pen name. Her real name was Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. You may be wondering why she decided to do this, and it is because she wanted to keep her life as an educator separate from her career as a writer. She wanted to avoid backlash. The reason she chose that particular pen name was because of her inspiration from the poets Gabriele DÁnnunzio and Frédéric Mistral. Fun fact: Gabriela Mistral is of Indian, Basque, and Spanish decent. Life: She was born April 7, 1889 and became a schoolteacher in her village at age 15. She made her way and eventually became a college level professor. She was not only an educator and poet, but...