Literary award · Venezuela · since 1948
National Prize for Literature of Venezuela
Literary award made annually to Venezuelan writers (1948-). Established 1948.
About National Prize for Literature of Venezuela
The National Prize for Literature (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Literatura) is a literary award made annually to Venezuelan writers. 1948 Mario Briceño Iragorry (El Regente Heredia o la piedad heroica) 1949 Carlos Augusto León (A solas con la vida) 1950 Santiago Key Ayala (Bajo el signo del Avila) 1951 Juan Liscano (Humano destino) 1952 Ramón Díaz Sánchez (Guzmán: elipse de una ambición de poder) 1953 Félix Armando Núñez (El poema de la tarde) 1954 Mariano Picón Salas (Los días de Cipriano Castro) 1954 Arturo Uslar Pietri (Las nubes) 1955 Manuel Felipe Rugeles (Cantos de sur y norte) 1956 Miguel Otero Silva (Casas Muertas) 1956 Augusto Mijares (La luz y el espejo) 1957 Juan Beroes (Poemas itálicos : materia de eternidad) 1958 Rómulo Gallegos (La doncella) 1959 Juan Manuel González (La heredad junto al viento) 1960 José Fabbiani Ruiz (A orillas del sueño) 1961 José Ramón Medina (Memorias…
From the Wikipedia article “National Prize for Literature (Venezuela)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Pedro Grases | — |
| 1985 | Rafael Cadenas | — |
| 1979 | Francisco Pérez Perdomo | — |
| 1976 | Antonia Palacios | — |
| 1974 | Pedro Pablo Barnola | — |
| 1973 | Salvador Garmendia Graterón | — |
| 1973 | Julio Garmendia | — |
| 1970 | Alfredo Armas Alfonzo | — |
| 1964 | Arturo Croce | — |
| — | José Luis Salcedo Bastardo | — |
| — | Ramón Palomares | — |
| — | Carlos Noguera | — |
| — | Gustavo Díaz Solís | — |
| — | Renato Rodríguez | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the National Prize for Literature of Venezuela 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 Q9062325 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).