Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga and better known by her pen name of Gabriela Mistral, this Chilean poet was the 1945 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. She also received the 1951 Chilean National Prize for Literature, and her Sonetos de la Muerte poetry collection won the 1914 Juegos Florales literary contest. Her earliest poems, many of which were published in the Chilean newspaper El Coquimbo, include "Junto al Mar," "Carta Intima," and "Ensonaciones."
