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Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in Spanish language. It is regarded as a type of Nobel Prize in Literature in Spanish language. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote.The candidates are proposed by the Language Academies of the Spanish-speaking countries, and the prize is awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain.
The winner receives a monetary award of 90,000 euros.
Winner list:
- 2003 Gonzalo Rojas ( Chile)
- 2002 José Jiménez Lozano
- 2001 Álvaro Mutis
- 2000 Francisco Umbral
- 1999 Jorge Edwards ( Chile)
- 1998 José Hierro
- 1997 Guillermo Cabrera Infante
- 1996 José García Nieto
- 1995 Camilo José Cela ( Spain)
- 1994 Mario Vargas Llosa ( Peru)
- 1993 Miguel Delibes
- 1992 Dulce María Loynaz
- 1991 Francisco Ayala
- 1990 Adolfo Bioy Casares ( Argentina)
- 1989 Augusto Roa BastosAugusto Roa Bastos (b. The greatest living Paraguayan novelist. Roa Bastos is best known for 'I, the Supreme' ('Yo, el Supremo') (1974), probably the greatest Latin American 'dictator' novel, and 'Son of Man' ('Hijo de Hombre') (1960). He is also the auth
- 1988 María Zambrano
- 1987 Carlos FuentesMexican writer Carlos Fuentes (born November 11, 1928) is one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Hispanic world. Fuentes has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and
- 1986 Antonio Buero Vallejo
- 1985 Gonzalo Torrente BallesterGonzalo Torrente Ballester ( June 13, 1910 January 27, 1999) was a Spanish writer, primarily a novelist though he also published journalism, essays, and plays. He was born in El Ferrol ( La Coruna) and educated at the Universities of Santiago de Compostel
- 1984 Ernésto Sábato ( Argentina)
- 1983 Rafael AlbertiRafael Alberti ( 16 December 1902 28 November 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. After flirting with a career as a painter, Alberti published his first books of poetry towards the end of the 1920s: Marinero en tierra ('Sailor on
- 1982 Luis Rosales
- 1981 Octavio PazOctavio Paz ( March 31, 1914 April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer and diplomat. Paz was born in Mexico City. In 1945, he entered the Mexican diplomatic service, and worked in France until 1962. He was encouraged to write by a young Pablo Neruda, who was w ( MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co)
- 1980 Juan Carlos Onetti
- 1979 Jorge Luis Borges ( Argentina) and Gerardo Diego
- 1978 Dámaso Alonso
- 1977 Alejo Carpentier ( Cuba)
- 1976 Jorge Guillén ( Spain)
