The Chilean poet and educator, Gabriela Mistral, was born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga on April 7, 1889, in Vicuña, Chile. She adopted her pseudonym, Gabriela Mistral, as a tribute to her home country and the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio.
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