![]() ![]() Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best. Ternura (1924, enlarged 1945 “Tenderness”), Tala (1938 “Destruction”), and Lagar (1954 “The Wine Press”) evidence a broader interest in humanity, but love of children and of the downtrodden remained her principal themes. Because of this tragedy, she never married, and a haunting, wistful strain of thwarted maternal tenderness informs her work. ![]() A collection of her early works, Desolación (1922 “Desolation”), includes the poem “Dolor,” detailing the aftermath of a love affair that was ended by the suicide of her lover. They were signed with the name by which she has since been known, which she coined from those of two of her favourite poets, Gabriele D’Annunzio and Frédéric Mistral. Her reputation as a poet was established in 1914 when she won a Chilean prize for three “Sonetos de la muerte” (“Sonnets of Death”). ![]()
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