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November 7, 2012

The Book of Kings

This manuscript containing 215 illustrations is one of the largest pictorial cycles of the Shāhnāma, the Persian Book of Kings. Several painters, working at different times, were involved in its illumination; the miniatures thus are not uniform in style. Four distinct groups can be identified, with the two oldest groups dating from the 16th century. The miniatures of the first group show large-scale compositions with many figures, executed in minute detail using brilliant colors. The pictures of the second group are of lesser quality with regard to composition and figure drawing. The third group consists of two full-scale illustrations in the style of the court of Isfahan, and which were added in the early 17th century. The fourth group, however, is comprised of miniatures that do not seem related to the Iranian tradition and might be of Indian origin. Some of the best illustrations in this manuscript were possibly painted at the court of Sultan Ibrāhīm Mīrzā in Mashhad before 1565. The Shāhnāma was composed at the end of the tenth century by the poet Firdawsi (circa 940–1020). This beloved national epic is a heroic narrative of pre-Islamic Persia from mythic beginnings to the seventh-century Arab invasion. The legends form part of Iranian identity and have a status in world literature similar to those of Homer’s epics and the plays of William Shakespeare.

November 6, 2012

	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, January 29, 1923, San Angel, Mexico, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1922, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, November 14, 1918, Punta Arenas, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, April 7, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, May 28, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, May 27, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, March 24, 1915, Santiago Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, March 14, 1915, Santiago Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, March 20, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1915, Los Andes, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, May 18, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, May 17, 1915, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, February 15, 1915, Los Andes, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1922, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, March 6, 1921, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, February 8, 1921, Temuco, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, January 28–February 8, 1921, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.
	Letter from Gabriela Mistral, 1921, Santiago, Chile, to Manuel Magallanes Moure, Concepción, Chile Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, was an educator, diplomat, and poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in the northern city of Vicuña, Chile, Mistral developed an early interest in poetry, literature, the Bible, and the natural environment, particularly that of her childhood town of Monte Grande. Largely self-educated, she began working at age 15 as a teacher’s aide to support herself and her mother, and in 1910 she obtained a teaching certificate. She began regularly contributing articles to regional newspapers. Mistral traveled extensively throughout Chile and developed a keen awareness of the adverse economic and social conditions in the country. She wrote poetry, prose, and essays and carried on a rich correspondence with other intellectuals. In 1914, she won the grand prize in the Juegos Florales (Floral Games) poetry contest, with her Sonetos de la Muerte (The sonnets of death). Among the judges for this competition was the Chilean poet, Manuel Magallanes Moure (1878–1924), with whom Mistral had recently begun a correspondence. Their exchange of letters continued until 1923 and was for the most part kept secret, as Magallanes Moure was married and the connection with Mistral, a single woman, could have been regarded as inappropriate. The correspondence included some 80 letters and one telegram written by Mistral. She later destroyed most of Magallanes Moure’s letters (only five have survived), believing that he had done the same. Scholars debate the nature of the relationship between the two poets; some argue that it was based on mutual artistic appreciation, while others contend that the two were romantically involved. Shown here is one of the 24 letters by Mistral to Magallanes Moure in the catalog of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The letters reflect different aspects of Mistral’s persona and show the vividness and range of her prose.