Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award

The Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award (Spanish: Premio Iberoamericano de Narrativa Manuel Rojas) is an annual award given in honor of the author of Hijo de ladrón by the National Council of Culture and the Arts of Chile.

Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award
Horacio Castellanos Moya receiving the award in 2014, at the hands of President Michelle Bachelet
Sponsored byNational Council of Culture and the Arts
LocationSantiago, Chile
Reward(s)US$60,000
First awarded2012

It was instituted in 2012 with the sponsorship of the Manuel Rojas Foundation and was delivered for the first time that year, on the centenary of the writer's foot crossing from Argentina, "at which time he began his vast literary career," as pointed out on the occasion by Jorge Guerra, president of the foundation.[1] The winner is chosen by an international jury composed of five literary figures – two Chileans and three foreigners.

The prize consists of US$60,000, a medal, and a diploma,[2] similar to that of the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.[3]

Winners
YearWinnerPhotoRef.
2012Rubem Fonseca[3]
2013Ricardo Piglia[4]
2014Horacio Castellanos Moya[2]
2015Margo Glantz[5]
2016César Aira[6]
2017Hebe Uhart[7]
2018Juan Villoro[8]

References
  1. García, Javier (28 September 2012). "Fonseca, el policial más duro de Brasil, recibe el premio Manuel Rojas" [Fonseca, the Toughest Policeman in Brazil, Receives the Manuel Rojas Award]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. "Escritor salvadoreno Horacio Castellanos Moya obtuvo el Premio de Narrativa Manuel Rojas" [Salvadoran Writer Horacio Castellanos Moya Receives the Manual Rojas Narrative Award] (in Spanish). National Council of Culture and the Arts. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. "Rubem Fonseca Wins the Manuel Rojas Award". Santiago: National Council of Culture and the Arts. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Manuel Rojas Foundation.
  4. Contreras, Roberto (November 2013). "Entrevista a Ricardo Piglia, ganador del Premio Iberoamericano Manuel Rojas" [Interview with Ricardo Piglia, Winner of the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Award]. Carcaj (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. Paz Núñez, María (18 August 2015). "Margo Glantz gana Premio Iberoamericano de Narrativa Manuel Rojas" [Margo Glantz Wins Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. "El escritor César Aira ganó el premio de narrativa Manuel Rojas" [The Writer César Aira Wins the Manuel Rojas Narrative Award]. La Nación (in Spanish). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. "Premian a la escritora Hebe Uhart" [Writer Hebe Uhart Awarded]. Clarín (in Spanish). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. García, Javier (8 August 2018). "Juan Villoro, premio Manuel Rojas: 'Admiro su talante anarquista'" [Juan Villoro, Manuel Rojas Award Winner: 'I Admire His Anarchist Spirit']. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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