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The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Chile.
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The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Chile.
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world". Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.
Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. A member of the Radical Party since 1906, he was chosen by the left-wing Popular Front coalition as its candidate for the 1938 presidential election and won. He had previously served as deputy for San Felipe, Putaendo and Los Andes from 1915 to 1918, Minister of the Interior from January to September 1918 under president Juan Luis Sanfuentes, deputy for Santiago from 1918 to 1921, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction from 1920 to 1921 under president Arturo Alessandri, and senator for Concepción from 1921 to 1927. He died two years and eleven months into his presidency on November 25, 1941, at the age of 62, from tuberculosis.
TV+ is a Chilean free-to-air television channel. which is broadcast from Santiago. Previously known as the Television Corporation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso or UCV Televisión, it was the oldest television station in the country and the only regional network outside of Santiago that had nationwide coverage. It started broadcasting on an experimental level in the Pontifical University of Valparaíso's buildings in 1957 and was officially launched in August 1959. In 2017, it moved its offices to the Agua Santa district in Viña del Mar.
Estadio Sausalito is a multi-purpose stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile.
Volodia Teitelboim Volosky was a Chilean Communist politician, lawyer, and author.
Luis Alberto Edwards Vives was a Chilean historian, nationalist politician and lawyer. He was a member of the influential Edwards family. His most famous work was La fronda aristocrática en Chile (1928). This analyzed the history of Chile in the 19th century as a conflict between the authoritarian state and the aristocracy.
Events in the year 1973 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1927 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1952 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1954 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1955 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1958 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Chile.
The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Chile.
Liliana García Sosa is an Uruguayan-Chilean actress with a distinguished film, theatre, and television career in Chile and Uruguay. She has been an honorary cultural associate of the Uruguayan embassy in Chile since the first government of Tabaré Vázquez.
