Prince of Asturias Award for Literature

Check all the winners of Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.
Year Winner Winner Work
2014 John Banville John Banville, who won the Booker Prize in 2005 for his novel The Sea, has won the prestigious Prince of Asturias award for literature
2010 Amin Maalouf His work, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, proves him as one of the contemporary writers who has most deeply explored Mediterranean culture, represented as a symbolic space of coexistence.
2009 Ismail Kadare Narrator, essayist and poet, Kadaré represents the pinnacle of Albanian literature and who, without forgetting his roots, has crossed frontiers to rise up as a universal voice against totalitarianism.
2008 Margaret Atwood for her outstanding literary work that has explored different genres with acuteness and irony, and because she cleverly assumes the classic tradition, defends women´s dignity.
2007 Amos Oz
2006 Paul Auster for the transformation in literature that he has wrought by blending the best of American and European traditions, for the innovation he has brought to narrative style in the cinema
2005 Nélida Piñon Author of an inciting work narrative, artistically sustained in the reality and the memory, and also in the fantasy and the dreams.
2004 Claudio Magris Claudio Magris epitomises the finest humanistic tradition and the pluralism.
2003 Susan Sontag Fatema Mernissi and Susan Sontag, provide complementary perspectives in a dialogue between cultures.
2002 Arthur Miller an undeniable master of contemporary drama who has projected modern day society's fears.
2001 Doris Lessing The creator of an imaginary, everyday world, and her characters, the offspring of contemporary society, are a faithful reflection of twentieth century morals.
2000 Augusto Monterroso His narrative works and essays create a literary universe of extraordinary ethical and aesthetic depth, highlighted by a Cervantine, melancholic sense of humour
1999 Günter Grass Outstanding figure in literature, critical humanism and moral commitment in our times.
1998 Francisco Ayala All his work is characterized by lucidity, the liberal, and the inquiry into the human condition.
1997 Álvaro Mutis His literary creation, unanimously recognized as one of the Spanish-speaking world´s highest achievements, links the tenets of Magic Realism with the concerns of modern man.
1996 Francisco Umbral Prince of Asturias Award for Letters to Mr. Francisco Umbral, a lively and controversial example of complete dedication to literature
1995 Carlos Bousoño An outstanding representative of the first generation of post-war Spanish poetry, Carlos Bousoño is an example of creative development characterised by profound existentialist concerns.
1994 Carlos Fuentes For his defence, in his writings, of freedom of imagination and the dignity of thought.
1993 Claudio Rodriguez Fer For his importance in the 50s group of poets and in terms of current young Spanish poetry.
1992 Francisco Nieva In recognition of his continual work in renewing the finest Spanish theatrical tradition, his creative power with words and the inventiveness of his scenic spaces
1991 The People of Puerto Rico Prince of Asturias Award for Letters to the people of Puerto Rico.
1990 Arturo Uslar Pietri Creator of the modern historical novel in Spanish America, whose incessant and fruitful literary activity has greatly contributed to enlivening our common tongue
1989 Ricardo Gullón Has managed to make his research work transcend the limits of criticism to become a revelation of the mystery of artistic invention in mankind.
1988 José Angel Valente
1988 Carmen Gaite
1987 Camilo José Cela
1986 Mario Vargas Llosa
1986 Rafael Lapesa
1985 Ángel González Muñiz Because poetry, through his work, survives the scepticism of an epoch with paradoxical tenderness.
1984 Pablo García Baena For his perseverance in cultivating an independent aesthetic attitude, and for his influence upon new tendencies in Spanish poetry
1983 Juan Rulfo In recognition of the great aesthetic quality, depth of invention, aptness and expressive novelty, as well as his decisive influence on subsequent narrative in his country.
1982 Miguel Delibes In both cases their capacity of invention and description has been displayed in a masterful control of the Spanish language, which guarantees their survival in the history of Spanish literature
1981 José Hierro Which represents a historical testimony and, at the same time, an ethical attitude, both of which are worthy of public acknowledgement.