Miguel de Cervantes Prize
| Miguel de Cervantes Prize | |
|---|---|
 Medal of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize | |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Ministry of Culture |
| Reward(s) | €125,000 |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Website | CervantesPresentacion |
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.
History[]
The prize was established in 1975 by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and first awarded the following year.[1] The Encyclopædia Britannica calls it "most prestigious and remunerative award given for Spanish-language literature".[1] The winner receives a monetary award of 125,000 euros, which makes it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.[2] The prize rewards authors from any Spanish-speaking nation and recognizes the recipient's overall body of work.[1] The award is named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote.[2] The candidates are proposed by the Association of Spanish Language Academies (i.e., the Royal Spanish Academy).[3]
As of the presentation of the 2019 award to Joan Margarit, the recipients have been recognized for their writing of novels, poetry, short stories, essays, translations, philosophy or dramas – or for combinations thereof. With two winners in 1979, there have been 45th recipients of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
The Cervantes Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature[]
Three of the 45 winners of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize have also won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavio Paz (Cervantes 1981, Nobel 1990) and Mario Vargas Llosa (Cervantes 1994, Nobel 2010), were awarded the Nobel Prize in subsequent years, while Camilo José Cela received the Nobel Prize in 1989 and was awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1995.
Laureates[]
The list of winners is available at the official Premio 'Miguel Cervantes' website.[4]
Laureates per country[]
The following table shows the number of laureates per country:
| Rank | Country | Laureates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
24 |
| 2 |  Mexico |
6 |
| 3 |  Argentina |
4 |
| 4 |  Chile |
3 |
| 4 |  Cuba |
3 |
| 6 |  Uruguay |
2 |
| 7 |  Colombia |
1 |
| 7 |  Nicaragua |
1 |
| 7 |  Paraguay |
1 |
| 7 |  Peru |
1 |
| Total | 46 |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Cervantes Prize | award". Britannica.com. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jonathan Wolfe (November 12, 2015). "Fernando del Paso Wins Miguel de Cervantes Prize". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Cervantes Prize". donquijote.org. 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Premio "Miguel de Cervantes"" (in Spanish). Spain: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Two awarded in 1979
- ^ "Francisco Brines, premio Cervantes". lavanguardia.com. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
External links[]
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize at the Ministry of Culture
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize El poder de la palabra (in Spanish)
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