Gabriela+Mistral

Gabriela Mistral Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, also known as Gabriela Mistral, is one of the most respected and influential people in Chilean history. She was a feminist and an educator, but is most recognized for his work in poetry. She was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for her works. She won the Nobel prize for Literature 1945 for her poetry which themes were usually nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences (Wikipedia). Below is one of her poems, __The Sad Mother__.

Sleep, sleep, my beloved, without worry, without fear, although my soul does not sleep, although I do not rest.

Sleep, sleep, and in the night may your whispers be softer than a leaf of grass, or the silken fleece of lambs.

May my flesh slumber in you, my worry, my trembling. In you, may my eyes close and my heart sleep. (Mistral)