Literary award · Mexico · since 1991
FIL Award
Award. Established 1991 in Mexico.
About FIL Award
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. It was created in 1991 to acknowledge, in the beginning, writers of literature from Latin America or the Caribbean.
From the Wikipedia article “FIL Award”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mircea Cărtărescu | — |
| 2021 | Diamela Eltit | — |
| 2020 | Lídia Jorge | — |
| 2019 | David Huerta | — |
| 2018 | Ida Vitale | — |
| 2018 | Margo Glantz | — |
| 2017 | Emmanuel Carrère | — |
| 2016 | Norman Manea | — |
| 2016 | Rafael Cadenas | — |
| 2015 | Enrique Vila-Matas | — |
| 2015 | Fernando del Paso | — |
| 2014 | Claudio Magris | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the FIL Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1347261 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).