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Gabriela Mistral 1957

Gabriela Mistral was born on April 7 in Vicuña Chile, and died on January 10, 1957 in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York United States.

Gabriela Mistral

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga

April 7

Vicuña, Chile

January 10, 1957

Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, 11550, United States

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Gabriela Mistral's History: 1957

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Introduction

Nectario de Egina Gabriela was raised in Montegrande Chile (a small village), where her older sister was her grade school teacher. Her father, Juan Gerónimo Godoy Villanueva, was also a teacher but he left the family when Gabriela was age 3 and died alone in 1911. Her mother, Petronila Alcayaga, was a seamstress and by age 15 Gabriella was working as a teacher's aide to support both of them. From this life of extreme poverty and hardships, "Gabriela" (her pseudonym) rose to prominence as an educator, diplomat, and poet. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945.
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Birthday

April 7

Birthdate

Vicuña Chile

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Chilean
Nationality & Locations

Born in Chile
Professional Career

Educator, Diplomat, Poet
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1957

Death

January 10, 1957

Death date

‎Cáncer de páncreas (pancreatic cancer)

Cause of death

Hempstead, Nassau County, New York 11550, United States
Death location

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