Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda: Chile's two Nobel laureates in Literature
Background
Standing fact asked about Chile, today's focus country: the Nobel Foundation records two Chilean poets as Literature laureates.
Gabriela Mistral, born in Vicuña, Chile, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945 for her lyric poetry, which "has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world".
Pablo Neruda won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams".
Mistral was the first Latin American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Gabriela Mistral:
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1945
Pablo Neruda:
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1971
Why it matters for exams: Nobel laureates by country, with the year and prize, are frequent award-and-persons questions; Mistral being the first Latin American laureate in Literature is a favourite.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC