| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 6 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Gabriela (Lucile) Mistral (Godoy y Alcayaga) |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | CHILE (CL) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Luís Galdames |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of history |
| University: | University of Santiago |
| City: | Santiago |
| Country: | CHILE (CL) |
| Comments: | 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. |