Women's Union of New York (1953) Eloy Alfaro Order (Ecuador, 1953) National Grand Prize for Literature (Uruguay, 1959) Order of the Quetzal (Guatemala, 1960) Plaza in La Paz, Bolivia named for Juana de Ibarbourou (1965) Branch of the Juana de Ibarbourou Library and House of Culture opened in home town of Melo (1977) La Fiesta de los Milagros (1943) Museums In Melo, capital city of Cerro Largo Department, there are two museums that display her life: Juana de Ibarbourou's birthplace Regional History Museum Notes and references Works cited Sylvia Puentes de Oyenard. "Apuntes para una Biobibliografia de Juana de Ibarbourou." Foreword. Obras Escogidas. By Juana de Ibarbourou, ed. Sylvia Puentes de Oyenard. México, D.F.: Editorial Andres Bello, 1998. External links Juana de Ibarbourou Papers, 1915–1960 (5 linear ft.) are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Libraries 1892 births 1979 deaths Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo People from Cerro Largo Department Pantheists Uruguayan feminists 20th-century Uruguayan poets Uruguayan people of Galician descent Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Feminist writers Recipients of the Order of the Sun of Peru Order of the Quetzal Postmodern writers Postmodern feminists Members of the Uruguayan Academy of Language 20th-century Uruguayan women writers Uruguayan women poets