José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature

José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Literatura José Fuentes Mares or simply Premio José Fuentes Mares) is a Mexican literary award that has been presented annually since 1985 by the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. It is given to a Mexican author who has published a book in the form of short stories, poems or a novel. The award is named in honor of José Fuentes Mares.

The first recipient was the writer Jesús Gardea, who declined the prize. Some well-known authors who have won it include Daniel Sada, Carlos Montemayor, Jaime Labastida, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Juan Villoro, José Emilio Pacheco and Hernan Lara Zavala.^[1]

Winners

Sources for 1986-2011: ^[1][2]

• 1986 Jesús Gardea (rejected by Gardes)
• 1987 Jaime Labastida and Sergio Galindo
• 1988 Eugenio Aguirre
• 1989 Alberto Blanco, Song to the Shadow of the Animals
• 1990 Carlos Montemayor
• 1991 Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Una introducción a Octavio Paz
• 1992 Bruno Estañol
• 1993 Javier Sicilia, El Bautista
• 1994 Julio Eutiquio Sarabia
• 1995 Hernán Lara Zavala
• 1996 Ignacio Solares
• 1997 Angelina Muñiz–Hubermann
• 1998 Héctor Manjarrez
• 1999 Daniel Sada
• 2000 José Emilio Pacheco, La arena errante
• 2001 Mario González Suárez, El libro de las pasiones
• 2002 Élmer Mendoza, El amante de Janis Joplin ^[3]
• 2003 Enrique Servín, El agua y la sombra
• 2004 Enrique Mijares, Espinazo del diablo
• 2005 David Toscana, El último lector
• 2006 Federico Patán, Encuentros
• 2007 Norma Lazo, El dolor es un triángulo equilátero
• 2008 Tedi López Mills, Contracorriente
• 2009 Edgar Chías Orozco, De insomnio y medianoche
• 2009 Edeberto Galindo Noriega, Río ánimas
• 2010 Ricardo García Mainou, Cuando te toca
• 2011 Mauricio Carrera, La derrota de los días
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014 Eduardo Antonio Parra, Desterrados^[4]
• 2015 Imanol Caneyada, Hotel de Arraigo^[5]

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References

1. "List of previous winners". Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
2. "El Fuentes Mares para García Mainou". eleconomista.com. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
3. Hernandez, Edgar Alejandro (October 11, 2002). "Recibe Elmer Mendoza Premio Fuentes Mares". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City.
4. "“Desterrados” gana premio Fuentes Mares". Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. October 24, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
5. Enrique Mendoza Hernández (October 26, 2015). "Imanol Caneyada, Premio Nacional de Literatura José Fuentes Mares". Zeta. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

• List of previous winners at the Wayback Machine (archived May 26, 2012)