San Salvador, El Salvador — Central America (West Coast)

Chilean Nobel Prize Winners

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 1, 2016

1. Chilean Nobel Prize Winners Marker

Pablo Neruda

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Pablo Neruda
Premio Nobel de Literatura 1971

Gabriela Mistral
Premio Nobel de Literatura de 1945

Texto adicional del monumento:
Plaza de los Premios Nobel
Arq. Evelyn Palomo
Ing. Juan Peralta
Monumentos donados por:
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile
Embajadora Victoria Eugenia Morales E.

English translation:
Pablo Neruda
Nobel Prize in Literature 1971

Gabriela Mistral
Nobel Prize in Literature 1945

Additional monument text:
Plaza of the Nobel Prize Winners
Architect Evelyn Palomo
Engineer Juan Peralta
Monuments donated by:
Foreign Relations Ministry of Chile
Ambassador Victoria Eugenia Morales E.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1971.

Location. 13° 41.953′ N, 89° 14.107′ W. Marker is in San Salvador. It is on Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins (79a Avenida) close to 75a Avenida, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in North America,

specifically in Central America,

in Mesoamerica,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

and in the Western Hemisphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

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distance of this marker: Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins (within shouting distance of this marker); Juan Guzmán Cruchaga (within shouting distance of this marker); José de San Martín (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Marshal Luis Alves de Lima e Silva (approx. half a kilometer away); Sérgio Vieira de Mello (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Salarrué (approx. one kilometer away); Pancho Lara (approx. one kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Salvador.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Eduardo Luis Duhalde (was approx. 0.4 kilometers away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 1, 2016

2. Chilean Nobel Prize Winners Marker

Gabriela Mistral

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 1, 2016

3. Chilean Nobel Prize Winners Marker

Gabriela Mistral visited Lake Alegria near Alegria, Usulután. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, May 21, 2016

4. Gabriela Mistral visited Lake Alegria near Alegria, Usulután.

She is remembered in El Salvador for naming it the "Emerald of the Americas" (La Esmeralda de América).

Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 658 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 19, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.