Jump to content

Carlos Fuentes Prize

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ira Leviton (talk | contribs) at 21:29, 30 December 2021 (Fixed a reference. Please see Category:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list‎.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language (Spanish: Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español) is a literary award established in 2012 by the Mexican government in honor of Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.[1] It is awarded every year on November 11, the birthday of Fuentes. The prize has a remuneration of US$250,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.[citation needed]

The jury is composed of seven people including a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, another from the Mexican Spanish-language academy, one more from another academy in Latin America or the Philippines, and four additional academic or literary figures from Mexico.[2]

Recipients

Year Author Nationality Ref(s)
2012 Mario Vargas Llosa  Peru  Spain [3]
2014 Sergio Ramírez  Nicaragua [4]
2016 Eduardo Lizalde  Mexico [5]
2018 Luis Goytisolo  Spain [6]
2020 Diamela Eltit  Chile [7]

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Fuentes Literary Prize Created". Latin American Herald Tribune. July 4, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Conaculta anuncia el Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español" (in Spanish). July 3, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  3. ^ "Mario Vargas Llosa wins Inaugural Carlos Fuentes Prize". Latino Fox News. October 15, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  4. ^ "Sergio Ramirez wins Mexico's Carlos Fuentes Prize". Latino Fox News. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  5. ^ "El poeta mexicano Eduardo Lizalde, ganador del Premio Carlos Fuentes". El País (in Spanish). 2016-11-08. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  6. ^ "Luis Goytisolo, Premio Carlos Fuentes 2018". El Cultural (in Spanish). 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  7. ^ "Diamela Eltit ganó el Premio Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria 2020". Página12 (in Spanish). 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Fuentes_Prize&oldid=1062841586"