Indispensable Trivia: Literary Awards Coincidence

February 25th, 2007

Curiously, the most prestigious literary awards won by Peruvians were both obtained in 1994.

In April 1994, Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Cervantes, convoked by Spain’s Culture and Education ministry and considered by large the most prestigious prize of all Spanish Literatures.

And in November that same year, just one month before his death, the great storyteller Julio Ramón Riberyro won the Juan Rulfo. Probably the most prestigious of all Latin American Literary awards, the Rulfo is convoked, among other institutions, by the Mexican Congress for Culture and Arts.

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