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

Year:	1942
Number:	8-1
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:	Afonso Costa
Gender:	M
Profession:	Author, member of the Brasilian Literary Academy (Carioca Academy)
Affiliation:	Brasilian Literary Academy (Carioca Academy)
City:	Rio de Janeiro
Country:	BR (BRAZIL)
Comment:	Gabriela Mistral: pen-name of Lucile Godoy y Alcayaga.