In Chile, the National Prize for Literature (Premio Nacional de Literatura) was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 9 November 1942.(Spanish) "Ley 7368 : Crea el premio nacional de literatura y el "premio nacional de arte". Ministerio de educación pública", bcn.cl, Library of the National Congress of Chile. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize (16 million Chilean pesos, about US$30K) and a lifetime monthly stipend (20 UTM, about US$17K/year). It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No. 17,595 of 1972, when it became biennial. It is regarded as one of the National Prizes in their homeland.
Winners are selected on the overall quality of their works, regardless of genre.
Winners of the National Prize for Literature
1942: Augusto d'Halmar 1943: Joaquín Edwards Bello 1944: Mariano Latorre 1945: Pablo Neruda 1946: Eduardo Barrios 1947: Samuel Lillo 1948: Angel Cruchaga 1949: Pedro Prado 1950: José Santos González Vera 1951: Gabriela Mistral 1952: Fernando Santiván 1953: Daniel de la Vega 1954: Víctor Domingo Silva 1955: Francisco Antonio Encina 1956: Max Jara 1957: Manuel Rojas 1958: Diego Dublé Urrutia 1959: Hernán Díaz Arrieta 1960: Julio Barrenechea 1961: Marta Brunet 1962: Juan Guzmán Cruchaga 1963: Benjamín Subercaseaux 1964: Francisco Coloane 1965: Pablo de Rokha 1966: Juvencio Valle 1967: Salvador Reyes Figueroa 1968: Hernán del Solar 1969: Nicanor Parra 1970: Carlos Droguett 1971: Humberto Díaz Casanueva 1972: Edgardo Garrido 1974: Sady Zañartu 1976: Arturo Aldunate Phillips 1978: Rodolfo Oroz 1980: Roque Esteban Scarpa 1982: Marcela Paz 1984: Braulio Arenas 1986: Enrique Campos Menéndez 1988: Eduardo Anguita 1990: José Donoso 1992: Gonzalo Rojas 1994: Jorge Edwards 1996: Miguel Arteche 1998: Alfonso Calderón 2000: Raúl Zurita 2002: Volodia Teitelboim 2004: Armando Uribe 2006: José Miguel Varas 2008: Efraín Barquero 2010: Isabel Allende 2012: Óscar Hahn 2014: Antonio Skármeta 2016: Manuel Silva Acevedo 2018: Diamela Eltit 2020: Elicura Chihuailaf 2022: Hernán Rivera Letelier 2024: Elvira Hernández 2025: Ramón Díaz Eterovic 2026: Cynthia Rimsky
References
External links Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM) - Premio Nacional de Literatura: Presentación Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM) - Past Winners