Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language (''Spanish'': Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria en el Idioma Español) is a literary award established in 2012 by the Mexican government in honor of Mexican writer

Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christophe ...

. It is awarded every year on November 11, the birthday of Fuentes. The prize has a remuneration of making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. The jury is composed of seven people including a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, another from the Mexican Spanish-language academy, one more from another academy in Latin America or the Philippines, and four additional academic or literary figures from Mexico.

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Carlos Fuentes Prize
official website 2012 establishments in Mexico Awards established in 2012 Literary awards honoring writers Mexican literary awards Spanish-language literary awards