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