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Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

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Gabriela Mistral

Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957)

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass. She was the first…
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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April 7

Day of the year

April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 268 days remain until the end of the year.
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