by Gabriela Mistral · Orbis nº 77, 1984, Barcelona. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475304779
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«Desolación y otros poemas» is the poetry collection by Gabriela Mistral, published by Ediciones Orbis in hardcover (271 pages, in Spanish).
The collection brings together compositions by Gabriela Mistral in which pain, love, motherhood and nature intertwine, with an intense lyrical voice full of emotional depth. These are intimate, reflective poems that show the author's sensitivity.
The cover indicates that the author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Orbis edition no. 77, published in Barcelona in 1984.
For poetry readers and for those seeking a representative work of Latin American letters.
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world". Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. She also wrote an immense body of prose, about 800 articles that circulated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, on a range of topics: geography, education, profiles of her fellow writers, politics, and more. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.
