The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Literature, 1901-1950

Year:	1940
Number:	6-0
Nominee:
Name:	Gabriela (Lucile) Mistral (Godoy y Alcayaga)
Gender:	F
Year, birth:	1889
Year, death:	1957
Profession:	Author
Country:	CL (CHILE)
Received prize:	lit 1945 »
Nominator:
Name:	Luís Galdames
Gender:	M
Profession:	Professor of history
Affiliation:	University of Santiago
City:	Santiago
Country:	CL (CHILE)
Comment:	Gabriella Mistral: pen-name of Lucile Godoy y Alcayaga. G. Mistral was nominated by L. Galdames and Y. Pino Saavedra. The nomination was supported by members of the German-Chilean Cultural Institute in Santiago, and also by representatives of many countries of Central and South America.