Xavier Villaurrutia Award
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The Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia) is a prestigious literary prize given in Mexico
, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of Xavier Villaurrutia
.
Multiple awards have been given in some years. No award was made in 1968, when it was suspended in recognition of the imprisonment of José Revueltas
who had won the award in 1967.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of Xavier Villaurrutia
Xavier Villaurrutia
Xavier Villaurrutia y González was a Mexican poet and playwright, whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas, called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos published in 1953....
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Multiple awards have been given in some years. No award was made in 1968, when it was suspended in recognition of the imprisonment of José Revueltas
José Revueltas
José Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre , Fermín and Rosaura .-Life:He was often imprisoned for his political activism, almost from the time he was a boy...
who had won the award in 1967.
Recipients of the award
- 1955: Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
, for Pedro PáramoPedro PáramoPedro Páramo is a short novel written by Juan Rulfo, originally published in 1955. In just the 23 FCE editions and reprintings, it had sold 1,143,000 copies by November 1997. Other editions in Mexico, Spain, and other nations have sold countless more copies...
(novel) - 1956: Octavio PazOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
, for El arco y la lira (essay) - 1957: Josefina VicensJosefina VicensJosefina Vicens was a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and journalist. Although she only published two novels, she is regarded as a pillar of modern Mexican literature....
, El libro vacío (novel) - 1958: no award
- 1959: Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, for Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros (poetry)
- 1960: Rosario CastellanosRosario CastellanosRosario Castellanos was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 , she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century...
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(novel) - 1961: no award
- 1962 : no award
- 1963
- Elena GarroElena GarroElena Garro was a Mexican writer. She was once married to writer Octavio Paz.-Biography:Elena Garro was born to a Spanish father and a Mexican mother on December 11, 1916 in Puebla, Mexico. She spent her childhood in Mexico City but moved to Iguala, Guerrero, during the Cristero War...
, for Los recuerdos del porvenir (novel) - Juan José ArreolaJuan José ArreolaJuan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer and academic. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he uses elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and...
, for La feria (novel)
- Elena Garro
- 1964: Homero AridjisHomero AridjisHomero Aridjis is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist and diplomat known for his independence.-Family and Early Life:...
, for Mirándola dormir (poetry) - 1965: Salvador ElizondoSalvador ElizondoSalvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist...
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(novel) - 1966: Fernando del PasoFernando del PasoFernando del Paso Morante is a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México...
, for José Trigo (novel) - 1967: José RevueltasJosé RevueltasJosé Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre , Fermín and Rosaura .-Life:He was often imprisoned for his political activism, almost from the time he was a boy...
, for life’s work - 1968: suspended
- 1969: suspended
- 1970: Eduardo Lizalde, for El tigre en la casa (poetry)
- 1971: Carlos MontemayorCarlos MontemayorCarlos Montemayor was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous languages. He was a Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.Montemayor died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010...
, for Las llaves de Urgell (short story) - 1972
- Juan García PonceJuan García PonceJuan García Ponce was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, essayist, translator and critic of Mexican art.-Life and works:...
, for Encuentros (Short story) - Gabriel ZaidGabriel ZaidGabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1934. He studied Engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey....
, for Leer poetry (essay) - Hugo Hiriart, for GalaorGalaorGalaor was a hero of Spanish romance.The brother of Amadis de Gaul, Galaor was the model of a courtly paladin and was always ready with his sword to avenge the wrongs of widows and orphans.-See also:* Galaor, a comic book hero from Hexagon Comics...
(novel) - Jaime SabinesJaime SabinesJaime Sabines Gutiérrez was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been translated into more than twelve languages...
and Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, for life’s work
- Juan García Ponce
- 1973
- Federico Arana, for Las jiras (novel)
- Esther Seligson, for Otros son los sueños (novel)
- José Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio PachecoJosé Emilio Pacheco Berny is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century....
, for El principio del placer (novel) - Tomás SegoviaTomás SegoviaTomás Segovia was a Mexican author and poet of Spanish origin. He was born in Valencia, Spain, and studied in France and Morocco. He went into exile to Mexico, where he taught at the Colegio de México and other universities...
, for Terceto (poetry) - Héctor Azar, for Los juegos de azar: seis obras en un acto (theatre)
- 1974
- Arturo Azuela, for El tamaño del infierno (novel)
- Julieta CamposJulieta CamposJulieta Campos was a Cuban-Mexican writer.Born in Havana, she moved to Mexico in the 1950s after marrying diplomat Enrique González Pedrero...
, for Tiene los cabellos rojizos y se llama Sabina (novel) - Gustavo SainzGustavo SainzGustavo Sainz is a Spanish language author from Mexico.Born in Mexico City, the son of journalist José Luis Sainz, Gustavo Sainz learned how to read at the age of three from his paternal grandmother, and started publishing his work in the city newspapers at the age of ten...
, for La princesa del Palacio de Hierro (novel) - Manuel EcheverríaManuel EcheverríaManuel "Ciclón" Echeverría, born on August 14, 1913 in Navojoa, Sonora, and died on October 14, 1981 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, was a Mexican baseball player....
, for Un redoble muy largo (novel)
- 1975
- Carlos FuentesCarlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
, for Terra NostraTerra Nostra (novel)Terra Nostra is a 1975 novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. The narrative covers 20 centuries of European and American culture, and prominently features the construction of El Escorial by Philip II. The title is Latin for "Our earth"...
(novel) - Augusto MonterrosoAugusto Monterroso"The Dinosaur" redirects here. For the song by Was , see Walk the Dinosaur. For other uses, see Dinosaur Augusto Monterroso Bonilla was a Guatemalan writer.-Life:...
, for Antología personal (Short story) - José Vázquez Amaral, for Ezra Pound, cantares completos (essay)
- Efraín HuertaEfraín HuertaEfraín Huerta was a Mexican poet.Huerta began studying law at the UNAM in Mexico City but abandoned his studies in favour of journalism and literature...
, for life’s work
- Carlos Fuentes
- 1976
- Tita Valencia, for Minotauromaquia (poetry)
- Jorge Enrique AdoumJorge Enrique AdoumJorge Enrique Adoum was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns were always present in his work.-Biography:...
, for Entre Marx y una mujer desnudaEntre Marx y una Mujer DesnudaEntre Marx y una Mujer Desnuda is a 1976 novel written by the Ecuadorian poet Jorge Enrique Adoum.The novel was made into a film in 1996 by the Ecuadorian film maker Camilo Luzuriaga, in Spanish with English and French subtitles...
(theatre) - Daniel Leyva, for Crispal (novel)
- Enrique González RojoEnrique González Rojo, Jr.Enrique González Rojo in fact Enrique González Arthur , is a Mexican writer, philosopher and teacher.- Biography :...
, for El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos (poetry)
- 1977
- Silvia Molina, for La mañana debe seguir gris (novel)
- Jaime ReyesJaime ReyesBlue Beetle is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Infinite Crisis #3 Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Infinite Crisis #3 Blue...
, for Isla de raíz amarga, insomne raíz (poetry) - Amparo Dávila, for Árboles petrificados (short story)
- Luis Mario Schneider, for La resurrección de Clotilde Goñi (novel)
- 1978
- José Luis GonzálezJosé Luis González (writer)José Luis González was a Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, short story writer, university professor, and journalist who lived most of his life in exile in Mexico due to his pro-independence political views...
, for Balada de otro tiempo (novel) - Isabel Fraire, for Poemas en el regazo de la muerte (poetry)
- Emiliano González, for Los sueños de la Bella Durmiente (short story)
- Ulalume González de León, for El riesgo del placer (essay)
- José Luis González
- 1979
- Carlos Eduardo Turón, for La libertad tiene otro nombre (poetry)
- Inés Arredondo, for Río subterráneo (novel)
- 1980
- Sergio Fernández, for Segundo sueño (novel)
- Fernando Curiel, for Onetti: obra y calculado infortunio (essay)
- Jesús GardeaJesús GardeaJesús Gardea Rocha was a Mexican writer of fiction and short fiction.-Biography:Jesús Gardea Rocha was born on July 2, 1939, in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Vicente Gardea V. and Francisca Rocha. He studied at the Elementary School No. 306 in Delicias, and later went to study his secondary...
, for Septiembre y los otros días (short story) - Alí ChumaceroAli ChumaceroAlí Chumacero Lora was a Mexican poet.-Career:Chumacero was born in Acaponeta, Nayarit. He was the joint editor of Tierra Nueva magazine from 1940-42. He edited Letras de México and El Hijo Pródigo....
, for life’s work
- 1981
- Margarita Villaseñor, for El rito cotidiano (poetry)
- Jaime del Palacio, for Parejas (novel)
- Noé JitrikNoé JitrikNoé Jitrik was born in Argentina in 1928 and is one of Latin America's foremost literary critics.He is currently director of the Instituto de literatura hispanoamericana at the University of Buenos Aires, and was a notable participant in the cultural journal Contorno in the 1950s in Argentina.While...
, for Fin del ritual (novel) - Sergio PitolSergio PitolSergio Pitol Demeneghi is a prominent Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005 he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world....
, for Nocturno de Bujara (short story)
- 1982
- Alberto Dallal, for El “dancing” mexicano (essay)
- Eraclio Zepeda, for Andando el tiempo (short story)
- Luisa Josefina Hernández, for Apocalipsis cum figuris (theatre)
- Francisco Cervantes, for Cantado para nadie (poetry)
- 1983
- Sergie I. Zaitzeff, for El arte de Julio Torri (essay)
- Carlos Illescas, for Usted es la culpable (poetry)
- María Luisa PugaMaria Luisa PugaMaria Luisa Puga was a Mexican writer. Her 1983 novel Pánico o peligro won the Xavier Villaurrutia Award.-Biography:...
, for Pánico o peligro (novel) - Héctor Manjarrez, for No todos los hombres son románticos (novel)
- 1984
- Jomi García Ascot, for Antología personal: poetry (poetry)
- Carmen Alardín, for La violencia del otoño (poetry)
- Arturo González Cosío, for El pequeño bestiario ilustrado (poetry)
- Margo GlantzMargo GlantzMargo Glantz is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic.- Biography :Margo Glantz's family immigrated to Mexico from Ukraine in the 1920s. Her father, Jacobo Glantz, met her mother, Elizabeth Shapiro in Odessa, where they married...
, for Síndrome de naufragios (Short story) - Lisa Block de Behar, for Una retórica del silencio (essay)
- 1985: Angelina Muñiz-HubermanAngelina Muñiz-Huberman-External links:...
, for Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado (short story) - 1986
- Sergio GalindoSergio GalindoSergio Galindo was a Mexican novelist and short-story writer. He was born in Jalapa in the state of Veracruz, a region of Mexico that figures prominently in much of his writing. His most widely-acclaimed novels are El Bordo and Otilia Rauda , the latter filmed as La Mujer del Pueblo in 2001...
, for Otilia Rauda (novel) - Federico Patán, for Último exilio (novel)
- Sergio Galindo
- 1987
- Alberto Ruy SánchezAlberto Ruy SánchezAlberto Ruy Sánchez Lacy is a Mexican writer and editor born in Mexico City on 7 December 1951. He is an author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Since 1988 he has been the chief editor and founding publisher of Latin America’s leading arts magazine: Artes de Mexico...
, for Los nombres del aire (novel) - Bárbara Jacobs, for Las hojas muertas (novel)
- Alberto Ruy Sánchez
- 1988
- Álvaro MutisÁlvaro MutisÁlvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.-Early life:...
, for Ilona llega con la lluvia (novel) - Ernesto de la Peña, for Las estratagemas de Dios (Short story)
- Álvaro Mutis
- 1989
- Carmen BoullosaCarmen BoullosaCarmen Boullosa is a leading Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work is eclectic and difficult to categorize, but it generally focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context...
, for Antes , La salvaja y Papeles irresponsables (novel) - Guillermo SheridanGuillermo SheridanGuillermo Sheridan is a Mexican scholar and writer born in Mexico City. As a scholar, most of his writing deals with the history of Mexican modern poetry in books like Los Contemporáneos ayer , Un corazón adicto , México en 1932 , Poeta con Paisaje Guillermo Sheridan (August 27, 1950) is a Mexican...
, for Un corazón adicto: la vida de Ramón López Velarde (essay)
- Carmen Boullosa
- 1990
- José Luis Rivas, for Brazos de mar (poetry)
- Emilio García Riera, for El cine es mejor que la vida (memoires)
- 1991
- Vicente Quirarte, for El ángel es vampiro (poetry)
- Gerardo Deniz, for Amor y oxidente
- 1992
- Daniel SadaDaniel SadaDaniel Sada was a Mexican poet journalist and author whose work has being hailed as one of the most important contributions to the Spanish language. He has organised many poetry workshops in Mexico City and several other cities...
, for Registro de causantes (short story) - Marco Antonio Campos, for Antología personal (poetry)
- Daniel Sada
- 1993: Jorge López Páez, for Los cerros azules (novel)
- 1994: Francisco HernándezFrancisco HernándezFrancisco Hernández was a football player from Costa Rica. Better known as "Chico", he played his entire career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he was captain and an idol. He is vastly remembered for his quickness, great shooting skills, leadership and sense of team organizement inside the field...
, for Moneda de tres caras (poetry) - 1995: Carlos MonsiváisCarlos MonsiváisCarlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. of French decent He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena...
, for Los rituales del caos (chronicle) - 1996: Jaime Labastida, for Animal de silencios y La palabra enemiga (poetry)
- 1997: Jorge Ruiz Dueñas, for Habitaré su nombre y Saravá (poetry)
- 1998: Ignacio SolaresIgnacio SolaresIgnacio Solares is a prominent Mexican novelist, editor and playwright, whose novel La invasion was a bestseller in Mexico and Spain...
, for El sitioEl sitioLatin internet portal founded in 1997, by Roberto Vivo-Chaneton and Roberto Cibrian-Campoy. Founded in Argentina, El Sitio was considered one of the principal Spanish language internet companies of the late 1990s dot-com boom.-Company history:...
(novel) - 1999: Juan VilloroJuan VilloroJuan Villoro is a Mexican writer and journalist. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain for years, but his success among the readers grew since receiving the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo.-Biography:Juan Villoro received his bachelor's degree...
, for La casa pierde (Short story) - 2000: Vicente LeñeroVicente LeñeroVicente Leñero Otero is a Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright. He has written numerous books, stories, and plays, including a theatrical adaptation of Oscar Lewis's The Children of Sanchez. He was awarded the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001, and the following year he received the...
, for La inocencia de este mundo (anthology) - 2001: Mario BellatinMario Bellatin-Biography:Mario Bellatin grew up in Peru as the son of Peruvian parents. He spent two years studying theology at the seminary Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo and graduated from the University of Lima. In 1987, Bellatin moved to Cuba, where he studied screenplay writing at the International Film School...
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(novel) - 2002
- Juan Bañuelos, for A paso de hierba (poetry)
- Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, for Peregrinaciones: Poesía 1965-2001 Bazar de asombros II (poetry)
- 2003
- Coral BrachoCoral BrachoCoral Bracho is a Mexican poet, translator, and doctor of Literature.Bracho is winner of the Aguacalientes National Poetry Prize in 1981 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000...
, for Ese espacio, ese jardín (poetry) - Pedro Ángel Palou García, for Con la muerte en los puños (novel)
- Coral Bracho
- 2004: Christopher Domínguez Michael, for Vida de Fray Servando (essay)
- 2005: David HuertaDavid HuertaDavid Huerta, born in Mexico City in 1949, is a Mexican poet and the son of well known poet Efraín Huerta.- Biography :As the son of the renowned Mexican poet Efraín Huerta, David was immersed since childhood in Mexico's literary environment. He studied Philosophy, and English and Spanish...
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(poetry) - 2006: Alejandro RossiAlejandro RossiAlejandro Rossi was a Mexican writer....
, por Edén. Vida imaginada (novel) - 2007
- Elsa CrossElsa CrossElsa Cross, , is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy....
, for Cuaderno de Amorgós (poetry) - Pura Lopez Colomé, for y Santo y Seña (poetry)
- Elsa Cross
- 2008: Adolfo Castañón, Viaje a México. Ensayos, crónicas y retratos (essay)
- 2009: Tedi López Mills, Muerte en la rúa Augusta
- 2010: Sergio Mondragón, Hojarasca