Teacher From the Valley of Elqui.

From: World and I | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: GAZARIAN-GAUTIER, MARIE-LISE | Copyright information

The contributions of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral are examined. Topics include a brief history of her childhood, selections of her poetry, and her winning of the 1945 Nobel Prize in literature as the first Latin American writer to receive the award.

The legacy of Gabriela Mistral

Marie-Lise Gazarian-Gautier is professor of Spanish and Latin American literature and coordinator of the graduate program in Spanish at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, where the Gab...

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