Background
Mistral, Gabriela was born on April 7, 1899 in Vicuña, Chile. Daughter of Jerónimo and Petronila (Alcayaga) Godoy.
Mistral, Gabriela was born on April 7, 1899 in Vicuña, Chile. Daughter of Jerónimo and Petronila (Alcayaga) Godoy.
Doctor Honoris Causa, U. Guatemala, 1931, U. Florence (Italy), 1946, University of Chile, 1954. University of California, Mills College, Oakland, California, 1947, Doctorate.H.C. Columbia University, 1954.
Teacher in rural and secondary schools, Chile. Director of schools, Liceo de Niñas, Santiago, Temuco, Los Andes, Punta Arenas. Adviser to Ministry of Education, Mexico, 1922-1924.
Pensioned by Chilean government because of outstanding cultural work, 1925.
Made consul for life by special law of Chilean Congress, 1935. Consul, Madrid, Lisbon, Nice, Petropolis (Brazil).
Los Angeles (California). Consul Santa Barbara, California, 1947-1954.
Counsel of Chile, United Nations, since 1954.
Visiting professor Spanish-American literature, history and culture, Barnard College, New York City, 1930, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1931, Middlebury (Vermont) College, summer session, 1931, U. Puerto Rico, 1933, U. Montevideo, 1935. Head of Committee of Letters at International Institute of Intellectual Cooperative, League of Nations, Paris, member permanent Committee of Arts and Letters, Geneva, Switzerland, 1926-1939. Adviser Institute of Ednl.
Cinema, League of Nations, Rome, 1930-1936.
On lecture tours was honorary guest of goverments of Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, San Salvador, Guatemala. Honorary guest International Pen Club Congress, Paris, 1937, France, England, Italy, 1945-1946.
Member permanent Committee of Arts and Letters, Geneva, Switzerland, 1926-1939. Member cultural and educational