Gabriela Mistral

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Also Known As	Lucila Godoy Alcayaga
Born	April 7, 1889 • Chile
Died	January 10, 1957 (aged 67) • Hempstead • New York
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1945)
Notable Works	“Desolación”

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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