by Gabriela Mistral · Andres Bello · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789561310834
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This book is a collection of children's poetry by the renowned author Gabriela Mistral. Published in July 1998 by Andres Bello, this paperback edition offers a selection of poems in Spanish, ideal for children and young people. With dimensions of 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches and a weight of 4.8 ounces, it is an easy-to-handle book perfect for introducing young readers to the world of poetry.
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.
