Gabriela Mistral collection, 1924-1948.

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Gabriela Mistral collection, 1924-1948.

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The collection consists of artwork, certificates, diplomas, newspaper issues and photographs relating to the Chilean writer and poet Gabriela Mistral. Ranging in date from circa 1924 to 1948, the collection highlights the fame and recognition Gabriela Mistral achieved both in Chile and worldwide. The contents reveal her many friendships with artistic and political contemporaries, as well as the many admirers of her work. Included in the collection are: numerous images and portraits of Gabriela Mistral, candid photographs that document Mistral's travels and meetings with noteworthy colleagues and friends; correspondence between Gabriela Mistral to her mother; letters, gifts and mementos to Gabriela Mistral; certificates and diplomas honoring Gabriela Mistral, a bulletin of the meeting of the Union Panamericana from 1947, a potential short story by Gabriela Mistral, and an album dedicated to Gabriela Mistral with photographic reproductions of Marina Nunez Prado's sculptural work.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957

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Poet and Nobel Laureate (1945) Gabriela Mistral was born Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga in Vicuña, Chile, in 1889. Mistral was an active member of the League of Nations and served as Chilean consul in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. She taught Spanish literature in the United States at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Vassar College, and at the University of Puerto Rico. Her works include Desolación, Ternura, and Tala . She died in 1957. From the guide to the Gabriela Mistral Papers 19...