The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz) is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. As of 2026, winners of the prize receive USD10,000.
History This prize is named after the 17th century Mexican writer, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz who is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic literary figures. Sor Juana was persecuted for being an intellectual, a woman, a nun, and a writer who wrote quite provocatively.
The prize has been given out since 1993, and is given out at the yearly Guadalajara International Book Fair (Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara).
Winners 2025: Fernanda Trías (Uruguay) El monte de las furias 2024: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Argentina) Las niñas del naranjel 2023: (Colombia) Solo un poco aquí 2022: Daniela Tarazona (Mexico) Isla partida 2021: Fernanda Trías (Uruguay) Mugre rosa (translated by Heather Cleary as Pink Slime) 2020: Camila Sosa Villada (Argentina) Las malas 2019: Maria Gainza (Argentina) La luz negra 2018: Clara Usón (Spain) El asesino tímido 2017: Nona Fernández (Chile) La dimensión desconocida 2016: Marina Perezagua (Spain) Yoro 2015: Perla Suez (Argentina) El país del diablo 2014: Inés Fernández Moreno (Argentina) El cielo no existe 2013: Ana García Bergua (Mexico) La bomba de San José 2012: Lina Meruane (Chile) Sangre en el Ojo (translated by Megan McDowell as Seeing Red) 2011: Almudena Grandes (Spain) Inés y la alegría 2010: Claudia Piñeiro (Argentina) Las grietas de Jara (translated by Miranda France as A Crack in the Wall) 2009: Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico) La muerte me da 2008: Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua) El Infinito en la palma de la mano (translated by Margaret Sayers Peden as Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand) 2007: Tununa Mercado Yo nunca te prometí la eternidad 2006: Claudia Amengual (Uruguay) Desde las cenizas 2005: Paloma Villegas Agosto y fuga (August Escape) 2004: Cristina Sánchez-Andrade Ya no pisa la tierra tu rey 2003: Margo Glantz El rastro 2002: Ana Gloria Moya Cielo de tambores (Sky of Drums) 2001: Cristina Rivera Garza Nadie me verá llorar 2000: No award 1999: Sylvia Iparraguirre La tierra del fuego 1998: Silvia Molina El amor que me juraste (translated by David Unger as The Love You Promised Me) 1997: Laura Restrepo Dulce compañía (translated by Dolores M. Koch as The Angel of Galilea) 1996: Elena Garro Busca mi esquela (translated as Look for My Obituary) Alicia Yánez Cossío El cristo feo (ex-aequo) 1995: Tatiana Lobo Asalto al paraíso (translated by Asa Zatz as Assault on Paradise) 1994: Marcela Serrano Nosotras que nos queremos tanto 1993: Angelina Muñiz-Huberman Dulcinea encantada
See also List of literary awards honoring women
References
External links Premio de Literatura Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz at the Guadalajara International Book Fair