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Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet
(1889-1957)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, or, more simply, Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga
  • Known as: Gabriela Mistral
  • Birth: April 7, 1889, Vicuña, Chile
  • Death: January 10, 1957, Hempstead, New York, USA
  • Language: Spanish
  • Who she was: Chilean poet, educator, and humanist known for Sonnets of Death, Despair, Tenderness, and Harvesting.Nobel Prize in Literature (1945)
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GC

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Pablo Neruda, Chilean Poet
(1904-1973)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Pablo Neruda
  • Known as: Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto
  • Birth: July 12, 1904, Parral, Chile
  • Death: September 23, 1973, Santiago, Chile
  • Language: Spanish
  • Who he was: Chilean poet known for Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair; Nobel Prize for Literature (1971)
  • Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!

Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!