Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature
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Guatemala National Prize in Literature
)The Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (officially in Spanish language: Premio Nacional de Literatura "Miguel Ángel Asturias") is the most important
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 Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes (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 – Dante Liano – (born 1948)
- 1992 – Enrique Juárez Toledo – (1910–1999)
- 1993 – Mario Monteforte Toledo – (1911–2003)
- 1994 – Luz Méndez de la Vega – (born 1919)
- 1995 – Miguel Ángel Vásquez – (born 1922)
- 1996 – Margarita Carrera – (1929–2018)
- 1997 – Augusto Monterroso – (1921–2003)
- 1998 – Francisco Morales Santos – (born 1940)
- 1999 – Mario Alberto Carrera – (born 1945)
- 2000 – Ana María Rodas – (born 1937)
- 2001 – Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano – (born 1945)
- 2002 – Julio Fausto Aguilera – (born 1929)
- 2003 – Humberto Ak'abal, declined – (born 1952)
- 2004 – Rodrigo Rey Rosa – (born 1958)
- 2005 – Carlos Navarrete – (born 1931)
- 2006 – Marco Antonio Flores – (born 1937)
- 2007 – Mario Roberto Morales – (born 1947)
- 2008 – Arturo Arias – (born 1950)[1]
- 2009 – Gerardo Guinea Diez – (born 1955)[2]
- 2010 – Enrique Noriega – (born 1949)[3]
- 2011 – Francisco Pérez de Antón – (born 1940)
- 2012 – Humberto López – (born 1954)
- 2013 – Víctor Muñoz – (born 1950)
- 2014 – David Unger (born 1950)[4]
- 2015 – Carmen Matute
- 2016 – Delia Quiñónez (born 1946)[5]
- 2017 – Francisco Alejandro Méndez (born 1964)
- 2018 – Eduardo Halfon (born 1971)
- 2019 – Luis Eduardo Rivera (born 1949)
- 2020 – José Luis Perdomo Orellana (born 1958)
- 2021 – Rafael Cuevas Molina (born 1954)[6]
- 2022 – Gloria Hernández (born 1960)[7]
References
- ^ "Professor Earns Guatemala's Highest Literary Prize". University of Texas at Austin.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Se entregará Premio Nacional de Literarutra Miguel Ángel Asturias" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009.
- ^ "Premio Nacional de Literatura 2010 al Escritor Enrique Noriega" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
- ^ "El escritor David Unger habla tras recibir galardón literario" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre.
- ^ "Delia Quiñónez, Premio Nacional de Literatura 2016 | elPeriódico de Guatemala". Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Rafael Cuevas Molina es el ganador del Premio Nacional de Literatura 2021". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Gloria Hernández gana el Premio Nacional de Literatura Miguel Ángel Asturias 2022". El Periódico (in Spanish). 18 October 2022.
External links
- Guatemalan Literature (in Spanish)