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PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press

ISBN-100826359566

ISBN-139780826359568

eBay Product ID (ePID)239574531

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Book TitleGabriela Mistral's Letters to Doris Dana

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLetters, American / General, Literary

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorVelma García-Gorena

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2017-037662

Reviews"An enormous contribution to Mistral scholarship."--Marjorie Agosn, author of Of Earth and Sea: A Chilean Memoir, "This masterful translation of Mistral's letters into English will serve to bring greater attention in the English-speaking world to an extraordinary poet and public figure from Latin America." -- Chasqui, "An enormous contribution to Mistral scholarship."--Marjorie Agosín, author of Of Earth and Sea: A Chilean Memoir, "García-Gorena's work clearly positions the letters as a significant contribution to literary studies and intellectual, LGBTQ, Latin American, and women's history."--The Americas, "This masterful translation of Mistral's letters into English will serve to bring greater attention in the English-speaking world to an extraordinary poet and public figure from Latin America."--Chasqui, "García-Gorena's work clearly positions the letters as a significant contribution to literary studies and intellectual, LGBTQ, Latin American, and women's history." -- The Americas

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Gabriela Mistral and Doris Dana: Their Lives and Letters Chapter One. 1948-1950: California and Mexico Chapter Two. 1952: Italy Chapter Three. 1953-1956: Roslyn (Long Island) and New Orleans Afterword. Doris Dana and her Family Doris Atkinson Appendix A. Correspondence about Gabriela Mistral Appendix B. Biographies of Some of the Individuals Mentioned in the Letters Appendix C. Chronology of Gabriela Mistral Selected Bibliography

SynopsisThese letters, published in Spanish in 2010 and now translated for the first time into English, provide insight into her work as a poet and illuminate her perspectives on politics, especially war and human rights., The Nobel Prize-winning poet Gabriela Mistral is celebrated by her native Chile as the "mother of the nation" even though she spent most of her life in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. Throughout the Spanish-speaking world and especially in Chile, Mistral was characterized as a sad, traditionally Catholic spinster. Yet her voluminous correspondence with Doris Dana, long believed to be her secretary, reveals that the two women were lovers from 1948 until Mistral's death in 1957. These letters, published in Spanish in 2010 and now translated for the first time into English, provide insight into her work as a poet and illuminate her perspectives on politics, especially war and human rights. The correspondence also sheds light on the poet's personal life and corrects the long-standing misperceptions of her as a lonely, single, heterosexual woman.

LC Classification NumberPQ8097.G6Z48 2018