"One Must Believe in the Story as a Poet and as a Human Being": María Monvel, the Writer Who Anthologized Herself and Used Gossip to Triumph in Spain

To grasp who we are discussing, here is what Lucila Godoy said about Monvel: 'The best poetess of Chile, but more than that: one of the great poetesses of our America, close to Alfonsina Storni for the richness of her temperament, and to Juana de Ibarbourou for her spontaneity.' Our Nobel Prize winner places her comadre (literally, she was the godmother of her daughter) at the pinnacle of Latin American poetry. And Monvel knew how to leverage such an impressive introduction.

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