Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature

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The Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (officially in Spanish language: Premio Nacional de Literatura "Miguel Ángel Asturias") is the most important literary award in Guatemala. Sometimes referred to as the "National Literary Prize", it is dedicated to the memory of the Guatemalan writer, statesman, and Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias and is a one-time only award that recognizes an individual writer's body of work.

The Guatemalan National Prize in Literature has been given annually since 1988 by the (es) (Ministry of Culture and Sports) at ceremonies in the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura (National Palace of Culture). The winner receives a gold medal plus a cash award of 50 thousand quetzales.

Winners of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Literature Prize[]

1988 – Luis Alfredo Arango – (1935–2001)
1989 – Carlos Solórzano – (born 1922)
1990 – Otto-Raúl González – (1921–2007)
1991 – – (born 1948)
1992 – – (1910–1999)
1993 – Mario Monteforte Toledo – (1911–2003)
1994 – Luz Méndez de la Vega – (born 1919)
1995 – – (born 1922)
1996 – Margarita Carrera – (1929–2018)
1997 – Augusto Monterroso – (1921–2003)
1998 – – (born 1940)
1999 – – (born 1945)
2000 – Ana María Rodas – (born 1937)
2001 – Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano – (born 1945)
2002 – – (born 1929)
2003 – Humberto Ak'abal, declined – (born 1952)
2004 – Rodrigo Rey Rosa – (born 1958)
2005 – – (born 1931)
2006 – Marco Antonio Flores – (born 1937)
2007 – – (born 1947)
2008 – Arturo Arias – (born 1950)[1]
2009 – – (born 1955)[2]
2010 – – (born 1949)[3]
2011 – – (born 1940)
2012 – – (born 1954)
2013 – – (born 1950)
2014 – David Unger (born 1950)[4]
2015 –
2016 – (Born 1946)[5]
2017 – ( Born 1964)
2018 – Eduardo Halfon (Born 1971)
2019 – (Born 1949).
2020 – (Born 1958).

References[]

  1. ^ "Professor Earns Guatemala's Highest Literary Prize". University of Texas at Austin.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Se entregará Premio Nacional de Literarutra Miguel Ángel Asturias" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Premio Nacional de Literatura 2010 al Escritor Enrique Noriega" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ "El escritor David Unger habla tras recibir galardón literario" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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