Miguel de Cervantes Prize facts for kids
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Medal of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize
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| Presented by | Ministry of Culture |
| Country | Spain |
| Reward | €125,000 |
| First awarded | 1976 |
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.
Laureates
The list of winners is available at the official Premio 'Miguel Cervantes' website.
| Year | Winner | Country | Genre(s) | |
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| 1976 |  |
Jorge Guillén |  Spain |
poetry |
| 1977 |  |
Alejo Carpentier |  Cuba |
novel, essay |
| 1978 |  |
Dámaso Alonso | Spain |
poetry |
| 1979 |  |
Jorge Luis Borges |  Argentina |
short story, poetry, essay, translation |
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Gerardo Diego | Spain |
poetry | |
| 1980 | %22.png) |
Juan Carlos Onetti |  Uruguay |
novel |
| 1981 |  |
Octavio Paz |  Mexico |
poetry, essay |
| 1982 | Luis Rosales | Spain |
poetry | |
| 1983 |  |
Rafael Alberti | Spain |
poetry |
| 1984 |  |
Ernesto Sabato | Argentina |
novel, essay |
| 1985 |  |
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester | Spain |
novel |
| 1986 |  |
Antonio Buero Vallejo | Spain |
drama |
| 1987 |  |
Carlos Fuentes | Mexico |
novel, essay |
| 1988 |  |
María Zambrano | Spain |
philosophy, essay |
| 1989 |  |
Augusto Roa Bastos |  Paraguay |
novel |
| 1990 |  |
Adolfo Bioy Casares | Argentina |
novel, short story |
| 1991 |  |
Francisco Ayala | Spain |
novel, short story, essay, translation |
| 1992 |  |
Dulce María Loynaz | Cuba |
poetry |
| 1993 |  |
Miguel Delibes | Spain |
novel |
| 1994 | .jpg) |
Mario Vargas Llosa |  Peru |
novel, essay, short story, drama |
| 1995 |  |
Camilo José Cela | Spain |
novel |
| 1996 | José García Nieto | Spain |
poetry | |
| 1997 |  |
Guillermo Cabrera Infante | Cuba |
novel |
| 1998 |  |
José Hierro | Spain |
poetry |
| 1999 | .jpg) |
Jorge Edwards |  Chile |
novel |
| 2000 |  |
Francisco Umbral | Spain |
novel, essay |
| 2001 |  |
Álvaro Mutis |  Colombia |
poetry, novel |
| 2002 |  |
José Jiménez Lozano | Spain |
novel |
| 2003 |  |
Gonzalo Rojas | Chile |
poetry |
| 2004 |  |
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio | Spain |
novel, essay |
| 2005 | Sergio Pitol | Mexico |
novel | |
| 2006 |  |
Antonio Gamoneda | Spain |
poetry |
| 2007 |  |
Juan Gelman | Argentina |
poetry |
| 2008 |  |
Juan Marsé | Spain |
novel |
| 2009 |  |
José Emilio Pacheco | Mexico |
poetry, novel, short story |
| 2010 |  |
Ana María Matute | Spain |
novel |
| 2011 | .jpg) |
Nicanor Parra | Chile |
poetry |
| 2012 |  |
José Manuel Caballero Bonald | Spain |
poetry, novel |
| 2013 |  |
Elena Poniatowska | Mexico |
novel |
| 2014 |  |
Juan Goytisolo | Spain |
novel, essay |
| 2015 |  |
Fernando del Paso | Mexico |
novel, poetry, essay, drama, short story |
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Eduardo Mendoza | Spain |
novel, drama |
| 2017 |  |
Sergio Ramírez |  Nicaragua |
novel, short story, essay |
| 2018 |  |
Ida Vitale | Uruguay |
poetry, prose, essay |
| 2019 |  |
Joan Margarit | Spain |
poetry |
| 2020 |  |
Francisco Brines | Spain |
poetry |
See also
In Spanish: Premio Miguel de Cervantes para niños
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