The Poetry of Gabriela Mistral: A Discussion on the Works of the Nobel Prize Winner | Berkeley

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Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American, the first Spanish-speaking poet, and one of only eight women to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature. What is it about Mistral’s work that made this great intellectual feat possible in 1945? Professor Soledad Falabella will look at how Mistral’s poetry addresses the timeless challenges of human rights, gender, sexuality, exile, migration, public education, discrimination, and democracy.

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