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poems, served to aid in her career



            as an educator, and in return, her                                                                                           Mistral then worked two years in




            education career helped out her                                                                                              Mexico, and then went to the U.S.



            career in poetry.                                                                                                            Mistral lived in France and Italy



                                                                                                                                         during the next few years, where




            She worked many years as a high                                                                                              she also worked as a journalist.



            school educator. During this time,                                                                                           She traveled around the world



            while working in the Chilean city                                                                                            during this time, and her love and




            of  Temuco, the above-mentioned                                                                                              willingness to travel later made it



            poet and future Nobel Prize winner                                                                                           easier for her to acquire international




            Pablo Neruda, was one of  her                                                                                                diplomatic posts, further spreading



            students.  Imagine having someone                                                                                            her fame and reputation.  She worked




            as illustrious as Gabriela Mistral as                                                                                        as consul from 1932 until the end of



            your high school teacher!                                                                                                    her life, working in countries such as
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