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Cervantes Prize, literary award established in 1975 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture; the prize was first awarded the following year. It is the most prestigious and remunerative award given for Spanish-language literature. The Cervantes Prize is presented to an author whose Castilian-language work as a whole is judged to have most enriched Spanish and Spanish-American culture. The award is given annually, and there can be no cowinners.

Winners of the Cervantes Prize are listed in the table.

Cervantes Prize
year recipient country of origin
*Awarded to multiple authors at judges' discretion.
1976 Jorge Guillén Spain
1977 Alejo Carpentier Cuba
1978 Dámaso Alonso Spain
1979 Jorge Luis Borges* Argentina
1979 Gerardo Diego* Spain
1980 Juan Carlos Onetti Uruguay
1981 Octavio Paz Mexico
1982 Luis Rosales Spain
1983 Rafael Alberti Spain
1984 Ernesto Sábato Argentina
1985 Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Spain
1986 Antonio Buero Vallejo Spain
1987 Carlos Fuentes Mexico
1988 Maria Zambrano Spain
1989 Augusto Roa Bastos Paraguay
1990 Adolfo Bioy Casares Argentina
1991 Francisco Ayala Spain
1992 Dulce María Loynaz Cuba
1993 Miguel Delibes Spain
1994 Mario Vargas Llosa Peru
1995 Camilo José Cela Spain
1996 José García Nieto Spain
1997 Guillermo Cabrera Infante Cuba
1998 José Hierro Spain
1999 Jorge Edwards Chile
2000 Francisco Umbral Spain
2001 Álvaro Mutis Colombia
2002 José Jiménez Lozano Spain
2003 Gonzalo Rojas Chile
2004 Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio Spain
2005 Sergio Pitol Mexico
2006 Antonio Gamoneda Spain
2007 Juan Gelman Argentina
2008 Juan Marsé Spain
2009 José Emilio Pacheco Mexico
2010 Ana María Matute Spain
2011 Nicanor Parra Chile
2012 José Manuel Caballero Bonald Spain
2013 Elena Poniatowska Mexico
2014 Juan Goytisolo Spain
2015 Fernando del Paso Mexico
2016 Eduardo Mendoza Spain
2017 Sergio Ramírez Nicaragua
2018 Ida Vitale Uruguay
2019 Joan Margarit Spain
2020 Francisco Brines Spain
2021 Cristina Peri Rossi Uruguay
2022 Rafael Cadenas Venezuela
2023 Luis Mateo Díez Spain
This article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering.