| [00:00.72] | In New York City, a group of teachers helped to finance the publication of her first book of poetry. |
| [00:07.98] | Some of her books have been translated into six different languages. |
| [00:12.66] | She gave the income from some of her books to help poor and neglected children. |
| [00:18.49] | Beginning in the 1920's, her interests reached out to broader fields. |
| [00:23.82] | Statesmen asked her advice on international problems. |
| [00:28.23] | She tried to break through the national barriers |
| [00:30.98] | that hindered the exchange of ideas among the Spanish speaking peoples of South America. |
| [00:36.52] | She tried to develop a better understanding between the United States and countries of Latin America. |
| [00:43.21] | In 1945, she gained worldwide recognition by winning the Nobel Prize in literature, |
| [00:50.52] | the first Southern American to win the prize. |
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