Miguel de Cervantes Prize

The Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish: Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes) is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language.

Reward(s)€125,000

Laureates

The list of winners is available at the official Premio 'Miguel Cervantes' website.[1]

Year Picture Winner Country Genre(s)
1976 75px Jorge Guillén  Spain poetry
1977 75px Alejo Carpentier  Cuba novel, essay
1978 File:Dámaso Alonso.jpg Dámaso Alonso  Spain poetry
1979[2] 75px Jorge Luis Borges 22x20px Argentina short story, poetry, essay, translation
Monumento a Gerardo Diego.jpg Gerardo Diego  Spain poetry
1980 File:"Retrat de l'escriptor Juan Carlos Onetti (1909-1994)".png Juan Carlos Onetti  Uruguay novel
1981 75px Octavio Paz Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico poetry, essay
1982 Luis Rosales  Spain poetry, essay
1983 File:RafaelAlberti01.JPG Rafael Alberti  Spain poetry
1984 75px Ernesto Sabato 22x20px Argentina novel, essay
1985 75px Gonzalo Torrente Ballester  Spain novel
1986 File:Antonio Buero Vallejo.jpg Antonio Buero Vallejo  Spain drama
1987 75px Carlos Fuentes Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico novel, essay
1988 File:María Zambrano ca. 1918.JPG María Zambrano  Spain philosophy, essay
1989 75px Augusto Roa Bastos File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay novel
1990 75px Adolfo Bioy Casares 22x20px Argentina novel, short story
1991 File:Francisco Ayala.jpg Francisco Ayala  Spain novel, short story, essay, translation
1992 Dulce María Loynaz  Cuba poetry
1993 75px Miguel Delibes  Spain novel
1994 75px Mario Vargas Llosa  Peru novel, essay, short story, drama
1995 75px Camilo José Cela  Spain novel
1996 José García Nieto  Spain poetry
1997 75px Guillermo Cabrera Infante  Cuba novel
1998 75px José Hierro  Spain poetry
1999 75px Jorge Edwards  Chile novel
2000 75px Francisco Umbral  Spain novel, essay
2001 75px Álvaro Mutis  Colombia poetry, novel
2002 José Jiménez Lozano.jpg José Jiménez Lozano  Spain novel
2003 75px Gonzalo Rojas  Chile poetry
2004 75px Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio  Spain novel, essay
2005 Sergio Pitol Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico novel
2006 75px Antonio Gamoneda  Spain poetry
2007 75px Juan Gelman 22x20px Argentina poetry
2008 Juan Marsé.jpg Juan Marsé  Spain novel
2009 File:Jeppacheco.jpg José Emilio Pacheco Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico poetry, novel, short story
2010 75px Ana María Matute  Spain novel
2011 75px Nicanor Parra  Chile poetry
2012 Caballero Bonald.jpg José Manuel Caballero Bonald  Spain poetry, novel
2013 75px Elena Poniatowska Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico novel
2014 75px Juan Goytisolo  Spain novel, essay
2015 75px Fernando del Paso Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico novel, poetry, essay, drama, short story
2016 75px Eduardo Mendoza  Spain novel, drama
2017 75px Sergio Ramírez  Nicaragua novel, short story, essay
2018 75px Ida Vitale  Uruguay poetry, prose, essay
2019 75px Joan Margarit  Spain poetry
2020 75px Francisco Brines[3]  Spain poetry
2021 75px Cristina Peri Rossi  Uruguay prose, poetry, short story, translation
2022 75px Rafael Cadenas 22x20px Venezuela poetry, essay
2023 Luis Mateo Díez  Spain novel, essay
2024 75px Álvaro Pombo[4]  Spain novel, short story, poetry, essay

References

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  4. Fanjul, Sergio C.; Amat, Jordi (Nov 12, 2024). "El escritor español Álvaro Pombo gana el Premio Cervantes 2024". El País. https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-11-12/el-escritor-espanol-alvaro-pombo-gana-el-premio-cervantes.html.