National Prize for Literature (Chile)
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Chile's National Prize for Literature (Premio Nacional de Literatura) was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize and a life-time stipend. It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No. 17,595 of 1972, when it became biennial. It is one of the National Prizes of Chile.
Winners are selected on the overall quality of their works, irrespective of genre.
Winners of the National Prize for Literature
- 2006: José Miguel Varas
- 2004: Armando Uribe
- 2002: Volodia Teitelboim
- 2000: Raúl Zurita
- 1998: Alfonso Calderón
- 1996: Miguel Arteche
- 1994: Jorge Edwards
- 1992: Gonzalo Rojas
- 1990: José Donoso
- 1988: Eduardo Anguita
- 1986: Enrique Campos Menéndez
- 1984: Braulio Arenas
- 1982: Marcela Paz
- 1980: Roque Esteban Scarpa
- 1978: Rodolfo Oroz
- 1976: Arturo Aldunate Phillips
- 1974: Sady Zañartu
- 1972: Edgardo Garrido
- 1971: Humberto Díaz Casanueva
- 1970: Carlos Droguett
- 1969: Nicanor Parra
- 1968: Hernán del Solar
- 1967: Salvador Reyes
- 1966: Juvencio Valle
- 1965: Pablo de Rokha
- 1964: Francisco Coloane
- 1963: Benjamín Subercaseaux
- 1962: Juan Guzmán Cruchaga
- 1961: Marta Brunet
- 1960: Julio Barrenechea
- 1959: Hernán Díaz Arrieta
- 1958: Diego Dublé Urrutia
- 1957: Manuel Rojas
- 1956: Max Jara
- 1955: Francisco Antonio Encina
- 1954: Víctor Domingo Silva
- 1953: Daniel de la Vega
- 1952: Fernando Santiván
- 1951: Gabriela Mistral
- 1950: José Santos González Vera
- 1949: Pedro Prado
- 1948: Angel Cruchaga
- 1947: Samuel Lillo
- 1946: Eduardo Barrios
- 1945: Pablo Neruda
- 1944: Mariano Latorre
- 1943: Joaquín Edwards Bello
- 1942: Augusto D'Halmar