Carlos Fuentes Prize Explained

Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language (Spanish: Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español) is a literary award established in 2012 by the Mexican government in honor of Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.[1] It is awarded every year on November 11, the birthday of Fuentes. The prize has a remuneration of making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

The jury is composed of seven people including a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, another from the Mexican Spanish-language academy, one more from another academy in Latin America or the Philippines, and four additional academic or literary figures from Mexico.[2]

Recipients

Year Author Nationality Ref(s)
2012 [3]
2014 [4]
2016 [5]
2018 [6]
2020 [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carlos Fuentes Literary Prize Created . July 4, 2012 . July 4, 2012 . . August 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803080049/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=531778&CategoryId=13003 . dead .
  2. Web site: Conaculta anuncia el Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español . July 3, 2012 . July 4, 2012. es.
  3. Web site: Mario Vargas Llosa wins Inaugural Carlos Fuentes Prize . . October 15, 2012 . October 15, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018171958/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2012/10/15/mario-vargas-llosa-wins-inaugural-carlos-fuentes-prize/ . October 18, 2012 .
  4. Web site: Sergio Ramirez wins Mexico's Carlos Fuentes Prize . . November 11, 2014 . November 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113040204/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2014/11/11/sergio-ramirez-wins-mexico-carlos-fuentes-prize/# . 2014-11-13 . dead .
  5. News: El poeta mexicano Eduardo Lizalde, ganador del Premio Carlos Fuentes. 2016-11-08. El País. 2018-03-23. es. 1134-6582.
  6. News: Luis Goytisolo, Premio Carlos Fuentes 2018. 2018-06-25. El Cultural. 2018-12-08. es.
  7. News: Diamela Eltit ganó el Premio Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria 2020. 2021-04-10. Página12. 2021-05-31. es.