Carlos Fuentes Prize
Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language is a literary award established in 2012 by the Mexican government in honor of Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. 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.Recipients
Year | Author | Nationality | Ref |
2012 | Mario Vargas Llosa | | |
2014 | Sergio Ramírez | | |
2016 | Eduardo Lizalde | | |
2018 | Luis Goytisolo | | |