Original: Gabriela Mistral ( April 7 , 1889 -- January 10 , 1957 ) was the pseudonym of Lucila de MarÃ a del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga , a Chilean poet , educator , diplomat , and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature , in 1945 .
Simplified: Gabriela Mistral ( 7 April 1889 -- 10 January 1957 ) was a Chilean educator , poet , diplomat , and feminist . In 1945 , she received the Nobel Prize in Literature .