{"id":9444,"date":"2019-03-25T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T12:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/?p=9444"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:38:11","slug":"artefacts-from-gabriela-mistral-and-pablo-neruda-presented-to-the-nobel-prize-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/artefacts-from-gabriela-mistral-and-pablo-neruda-presented-to-the-nobel-prize-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Artefacts from Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda presented to the Nobel Prize Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"school_subject":[],"school_grade":[],"class_list":["post-9444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":{"ingress":"At a ceremony a book from Gabriela Mistral's private collection and three of her personal photographs were donated to the Nobel Prize Museum. Earlier this spring, the Museum also received a pipe that belonged to Pablo Neruda. These artefacts will enable Museum visitors to learn more about the two Chilean Nobel Laureates in Literature.","info":[{"title":"Press release","link":""},{"title":"25 March, 2019","link":""}],"post_block":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","text_block":"
“I am convinced that the artefacts we have just received will awaken the curiosity of our visitors about the writings and the life of Gabriela Mistral. We are very pleased about these gifts, which are a fine addition to our growing collection<\/em>,” says Museum Director Erika Lanner.<\/p>\n
Gabriela Mistral received the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature. The artefacts that have now been presented to the Museum were chosen in consultation with Mistral’s relatives and in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nacional, Chile’s national library.<\/p>\n
“One of the photographs shows Gabriela Mistral looking at books in her library. The others portray two people she liked very much, Doris Dana and Juan Miguel Godoy<\/em>,” explains Pedro Pablo Zegers, director of the Archivo del Escritor (Writers Archive) at the Biblioteca Nacional, who presented the artefacts. He took part in the ceremony together with Hernan Bascu\u00f1an, Ambassador\u00a0of Chile.<\/p>\n
Doris Dana was Gabriela Mistral’s friend and assistant. In her will, Mistral left her estate to Doris Dana and appointed her as literary executor. Juan Miguel Godoy was Mistral’s nephew, who committed suicide in 1943, an event that affected Mistral’s life. The book Giotto <\/em>by Carlos Carr\u00e0 is from Mistral’s personal library. She was especially fond of biographies and books about zoology, geography and religion. Among the artefacts is also a correspondence card.<\/p>\n
This spring the Nobel Prize Museum also received a pipe that belonged to Pablo Neruda, who was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. He used the pipe during his period in Paris, where he was entrusted by Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda with helping Spanish immigrants who had fled the Civil War in Spain and were living in exile to relocate to Chile. This artefact can also be viewed at the Nobel Prize Museum.<\/p>\n
Visitors at the Nobel Prize Museum learn about the lives, discoveries and achievements of the Laureates. This is done through exhibition activities, lectures and school programmes. Another way to learn more about the lives of the Laureates is through artefacts from the Laureates that have been donated to the Museum over the years.<\/p>\n