Thursday, November 21, 2013

Mexican Author Elena Poniatowska Wins 2013 Cervantes Prize

Guillermo Arias, File/Associated Press
via Washington Post & Fox News

Guillermo Arias, File/Associated Press - In this Nov. 29 2005 file photo, Mexican author Elena Poniatowska, wearing a traditional tehuana outfit, smiles during the presentation of her new book “El Tren Paso Primero”, “The Train Passed First”, during the 19th Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara City, Mexico. 

Poniatowska has won the 2013 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor it was announced on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. The euro 125,000 prize generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. 
Previous winners include Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, and Nobel prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Spain’s late Camilo Jose Cela. They are presented each April 23, the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quijote.”

Poniatowska, 81, was born in Paris and has lived most of her life in Mexico.

Her books, among them “Massacre in Mexico” and “The Skin of the Sky,” deal with social and political issues, highlighting the problems of the poor and underprivileged.

The €125,000 prize generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. 

Previous winners include Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, and Nobel prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Spain’s late Camilo Jose Cela.
They are presented each April 23, the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quijote.”

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