Gabriela mistral biography english quotes

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (Latin American Spanish: [luˈsila ɣoˈðoj alkaˈʝaɣa]; 7 April – 10 January ), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjela misˈtɾal]), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic.

Gabriela mistral fun facts

She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in , "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".

Quotes

• Ya en la mitad de mis días espigo
  esta verdad con frescura de flor:
  la vida es oro y dulzura de trigo,
  es breve el odio e inmenso el amor.
  • Now in the middle of my days I glean
    this truth that has a flower's freshness:
    life is the gold and sweetness of wheat,
    hate is brief and love immense.
  • Fragment from "Palabras Serenas"

• Piececitos de niño,
  Dos joyitas sufrientes,
  ¡Cómo pasan sin veros
  Las gentes!
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