[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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