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The elephant carries the mountain's secret with him as he sets off to see the world, a knowledge that helps him save all the animals. ... Read more

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A Commemorative Edition of the Royal Spanish Academy and the Association of Spanish Language Academies

This definitive anthology of the works of Gabriela Mistral gathers published and unpublished works as well as other writings that had never previously been gathered together. This commemorative edition is complemented with studies conducted by academics from different countries as well as specialists of Mistral s work. It also includes an essential biography, a glossary of the narrative voices used in the author s novel, and an index.

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Edicion conmemorativa de la Real Academia Espanola y de la Asociacion de Academias de la Lengua Espanola
La antologia definitiva de la obra de Gabriela Mistral, que reune textos publicados con otros que hasta el momento permanecian dispersos e ineditos.
Esta edicion conmemorativa se completa con estudios de academicos de diversos paises y de especialistas en la obra del poeta, una bibliografia esencial, un glosario de voces utilizadas en la novela y un indice onomastico. ... Read more

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A Potpourri of all the best!
This book is a great mixture of all the best literature of the modernist latinas.If you want a great poem, this is where to look! ... Read more

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Soft, melodic, lyrical
If you love poetry you should learn Spanish if only to be able to read the poetry of Gabriela Mistral in the original tongue.It is lyrical and sweet yet profound and moving. ... Read more

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Gabriela Mistral (1889-1967), Chile's 'other' great poet of the twentieth century, is little known outside the Spanish-speaking world, and unlike Pablo Neruda has not been extensively translated into English. She deserves better, particularly as the first Latin American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1945), and this selection of her poetry is designed to introduce her to an English-speaking public. Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the Elqui valley in the 'little north' of Chile, she became a schoolteacher at the age of fifteen and went on to become an educator of international renown, an architect of educational reform in Mexico, and a cultural administrator at the League of Nations. She began publishing prose and verse pieces in newspapers and reviews at about the same age. Four major collections of her poems were published in her lifetime: Desolacion (Desolation) in 1922, Ternura (Tenderness) in 1924, Tala (Felling) in 1938, and Lagar (Wine Press) in 1954, followed by Poema de Chile published after her death. Poems from each of these five collections are included here. The landscape and people of her native Chile are a constant theme in her work, even though she lived most of her adult life away from Chile, largely as a consul - unpaid for many years - in Europe, Brazil, and the U.S.A., where she died. Her great love of children, who were the main preoccupation of her life and whom she both understood and respected; motherhood, and her lack of it; loss of people she loved; religious faith, tested and at times unorthodox, are other abiding themes. Her language is direct, passionate, rooted in local usage. The whole of her work, in prose as well as in verse, is a reflection of the absolute integrity of her life. (Aris & Phillips 2005) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Letras Libres, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2179 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: --Pablo Neruda y Gabriela Mistral--: a lo largo y ancho del mundo, este año se celebra el centenario de nacimiento de Pablo Neruda, uno de los más altos poetas de la lengua. Con este doble perfil --en el que también se retrata a la genial compatriota y maestra de Neruda: Gabriela Mistral--, Letras Libres se une a los homenajes al autor de Residencia en la tierra.(Biografía)
Author: Rafael Gumucio
Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 6Issue: 64Page: 72(3)

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