The Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award ( es, Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda) is an annual award granted by the
National Council of Culture and the Arts
The National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA) was the Chilean government agency responsible for arts and cultural policy. The council was founded in 2003 and amalgamated arts and cultural policy under a single agency. It was a cabinet-level ...
(CNCA) of
Chile
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, through the .
It was created in 2004 by agreement between the CNCA,
BancoEstado (sponsor), and the (sponsor) as a tribute to the centenary of the birth of poet
Pablo Neruda. It is granted annually "to an author who has a distinguished career and whose work is a notable addition to the cultural and artistic dialogue of
Ibero-America
Ibero-America ( es, Iberoamérica, pt, Ibero-América) or Iberian America is a region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages (usually former territories of Portugal or Spain). ...
."
The prize consists of , a medal, and a diploma.
In 2012, for the first time, its
prose
Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the ...
counterpart was presented: the
Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award
The Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award ( es, Premio Iberoamericano de Narrativa Manuel Rojas, links=no) 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.
It ...
, in honor of
the author of ''Hijo de ladrón'', which on that occasion was won by the Brazilian
Rubem Fonseca.
Winners
Books presented
' was compiled and published especially for the occasion of Parra receiving the award in 2012.
See also
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Pablo Neruda Award, granted by the Neruda Foundation to poets under 40
*
Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit
The Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit ( es, Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda) was created in 2004 by the National Council of Culture and the Arts of the government of Chile, as part of the commemoration of the 10 ...
, also granted by the CNCA
References
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2004 establishments in Chile
Awards established in 2004
Chilean literary awards
Poetry awards
Pablo Neruda
Ibero-American awards