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Gabriela Mistral

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Poet

The Resume

    (April 7, 1889-January 10, 1957)
    Died in Hempstead, New York
    Birth name was Lucila de Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy y Alcayaga
    Won Nobel Prize for Literature for 'Sonetas de la Muerte (1945)'
    Chilean consul (1932-1957)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her given name was awfully long.
    Family and financial issues caused her to quit school at 12.
    She refused to get over her first lover's suicide.
    She was a feminist.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her father abandoned the family when she was only 3.
    She continued her education at home despite dropping out of school.
    A nephew and favorite cousin also killed themselves.
    She was the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    She wrote vividly of motherly love, sorrow and faith.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 69.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 52 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 54 Votes: 72.22% Annoying