Mistral had diabetes and heart problems. Eventually she died of pancreatic cancer in Hempstead Hospital in New York City on January 10th, 1957, being 67 years of age, with Doris Dana by her side.
Doris Dana remained as the executor of Mistral's works and avoided publishing them in Chile until the poet was no longer recognized by what corresponded to her worldly stature. She even received an invitation from the government of President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, to which she gently declined.
In her testament, Mistral stipulated that the money produced by her book sales in South America should be directed toward the impoverished children of Monte Grande, the place in which she herself spent the best years of her infancy. She also requested that the money produced by sales throughout the rest of the world should go to Doris Dana and Palma Guillén, who renounced this inheritance for the benefit of the impoverished children of Chile. The poet's petition could not be carried out due to decree 2160, which derives the funds to publishers and intellectuals. The decree was repealed and the profits generated from Gabriela's works actually went towards the children of Monte Grande in Elqui Valley.
The niece of Doris Dana, Doris Atkinson, finally donated the literary legacy of Mistral to the government ― more than 40,000 documents, which are currently kept safe in the archives of the National Library of Chile, including the 250 letters chosen by Zegers for their publication―.
Her remains arrived in Chile on January 19th, 1957 and were watched over in the central house of the University of Chile to later be buried in Monte Grande, which was her wish. Once she mentioned that she would like the hill of Monte Grande to be named in her honor; her request was carried out after her death on April 7th 1991, on the day that would have been her 102nd birthday. Fraile hill was renamed Gabriela Mistral.
Poet and scholar of the works of Gabriela Mistral, Jaime Quezada, edited a series of posthumous books with her Nobel Prize writings: Escritos políticos (1994), Poesías completas (2001), Bendita mi lengua sea (2002) and Prosa reunida (2002).
Mistral tenía diabetes y problemas cardíacos. Finalmente murió en el Hospital de Hempstead (en la ciudad de Nueva York) a causa de un cáncer de páncreas, el 10 de enero de 1957, a la edad de 67 años, estando Doris Dana presente.
Doris Dana permaneció como albacea de la obra de Mistral y evitó enviarla a Chile hasta que no se reconociera a la poeta como correspondía a su estatura mundial. Incluso se le llegó a extender una invitación de parte del gobierno del presidente Ricardo Lagos Escobar, cosa que ella gentilmente declinó.
En su testamento, Mistral estipuló que el dinero producido por la venta de sus libros en América del Sur debía destinarse a los niños pobres de Montegrande, donde pasó sus mejores años de infancia, y el de la venta en otras partes del mundo a Doris Dana y Palma Guillén, quien renunció a esa herencia en beneficio de los niños pobres de Chile. Esta petición de la poeta no se había podido realizar debido al decreto 2160, que derivaba los fondos a editoriales e intelectuales. Este decreto fue derogado y actualmente los ingresos producto de su obra llegan a los niños de Montegrande en el valle del Elqui.
La sobrina de Doris Dana, Doris Atkinson, donó finalmente al Gobierno chileno el legado literario de Mistral ―más de 40 000 documentos, custodiados actualmente en los archivos de la Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, incluidas las 250 cartas escogidas por Zegers para su publicación―.
Sus restos llegaron a Chile el 19 de enero de 1957 y fueron velados en la casa central de la Universidad de Chile, para después ser sepultados en Montegrande, como era su deseo. Una vez mencionó que le gustaría que bautizaran un cerro de Montegrande en su honor; lo consiguió póstumamente: el 7 de abril de 1991, en el que hubiera sido su 102.° cumpleaños, el cerro Fraile pasó a llamarse Gabriela Mistral.
El poeta y estudioso de la obra de Gabriela Mistral, Jaime Quezada, ha editado una serie de libros póstumos con escritos de la premio Nobel: Escritos políticos (1994), Poesías completas (2001), Bendita mi lengua sea (2002) y Prosa reunida (2002).
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