The FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages (Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances, previously the Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature) is awarded to writers of any genre of literature (poetry, novels, plays, short stories and literary essays) working in one of the Romance languages: Spanish, Catalan, Galician, French, Occitan, Italian, Romanian or Portuguese. Endowed with US$150,000, it is given to a writer in recognition to all their work, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.Convocatoria 2012; acceso 18 April 2012
It was created in 1991 to acknowledge, in the beginning, writers of literature from Latin America or the Caribbean. It is organized by Mexico's National Council for Culture and Arts, the University of Guadalajara, the government of the state of Jalisco, and the Fondo de Cultura Económica and was originally named in honor of writer Juan Rulfo, a native of Sayula, Jalisco. It is awarded during the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL).
In 2005, the Rulfo family requested that the name be removed from association with the prize, given that it had become "the spoils of small groups that sought only to benefit their own interests". As a result, beginning in 2006, the award was renamed the FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages.
Prize winners
Year Author Nationality 1991 Nicanor Parra Chile 1992 Juan José Arreola Mexico 1993 Eliseo Diego Cuba 1994 Julio Ramón Ribeyro Peru 1995 Nélida Piñon Brazil 1996 Augusto Monterroso Guatemala 1997 Juan Marsé Spain 1998 Olga Orozco Argentina 1999 Sergio Pitol Mexico 2000 Juan Gelman Argentina 2001 Juan García Ponce Mexico 2002 Cintio Vitier Cuba 2003 Rubem Fonseca Brazil 2004 Juan Goytisolo Spain 2005 Tomás Segovia Spain-Mexico 2006 Carlos Monsiváis Mexico 2007 Fernando del Paso Mexico 2008 António Lobo Antunes Portugal 2009 Rafael Cadenas Venezuela 2010 Margo Glantz Mexico 2011 Fernando Vallejo Colombia 2012 Alfredo Bryce Echenique Peru 2013 Yves Bonnefoy France 2014 Claudio Magris Italy 2015 Enrique Vila-Matas Spain 2016 Norman Manea Romania 2017 Emmanuel Carrère France 2018 Ida Vitale Uruguay 2019 David Huerta Mexico2020 Lídia Jorge Portugal2021 Diamela Eltit Chile2022 Mircea Cărtărescu Romania2023 Coral Bracho Mexico2024 Mia Couto Mozambique2025 Amin Maalouf France2026 Gioconda Belli Nicaragua
References
External links FIL Literary Prize bestowed by the Civil Association Prize for Literature in Romance Languages Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances