The Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia) is a prestigious literary prize given in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of
Xavier Villaurrutia
Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called ''Autos profanos'', compiled in the work ''Poesía y teatro co ...
.
Multiple awards have been given in some years. No award was made in 1968, when it was suspended in recognition of the imprisonment of
José Revueltas
José Revueltas Sánchez (November 20, 1914 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango – April 14, 1976 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silve ...
who had won the award in 1967.
Recipients of the award
* 1955:
Juan Rulfo
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...
, for ''
Pedro Páramo
''Pedro Páramo'' is a novel written by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo about a man named Juan Preciado, who promises his mother on her deathbed to meet Preciado's father for the first time in the town of Comala, only to come across a literal ghost t ...
'' (novel)
* 1956:
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...
, for ''
El arco y la lira'' (essay)
* 1957:
Josefina Vicens, ''
El libro vacío'' (novel)
* 1958: no award
* 1959:
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca (August 3, 1932 - February 7, 2009) was a Mexican poet and painter.
Montes de Oca was a prolific and influential poet whose principal books include: ''Ruina de la infame Babilonia'' (1953), and ''Delante de la luz can ...
, for ''Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros'' (poetry)
* 1960:
Rosario Castellanos
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...
, for ''
Ciudad Real
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History
It was founded ...
'' (novel)
* 1961: no award
* 1962: no award
* 1963
**
Elena Garro, for ''
Los recuerdos del porvenir'' (novel)
**
Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (September 21, 1918 – December 3, 2001) was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Lati ...
, for ''
La feria'' (novel)
* 1964:
Homero Aridjis
Homero Aridjis (born April 6, 1940) is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist and diplomat known for his rich imagination, poetry of lyrical beauty, and ethical independence.
Family and early life
Aridjis was born in Contep ...
, for ''
Mirándola dormir'' (poetry)
* 1965:
Salvador Elizondo
Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19, 1932 - March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent style ...
, for ''
Farabeuf'' (novel)
* 1966:
Fernando del Paso
Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.
Biography
Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He ...
, for ''
José Trigo'' (novel)
* 1967:
José Revueltas
José Revueltas Sánchez (November 20, 1914 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango – April 14, 1976 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silve ...
, for life’s work
* 1968: suspended
* 1969: suspended
* 1970:
Eduardo Lizalde, for ''
El tigre en la casa'' (poetry)
* 1971:
Carlos Montemayor
Carlos Montemayor (June 13, 1947 in Parral, Chihuahua – February 28, 2010 in Mexico City) was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous language ...
, for ''
Las llaves de Urgell'' (short story)
*1972
**
Juan García Ponce, for ''
Encuentros'' (short story)
**
Gabriel Zaid
Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual.
Early life
He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 24, 1934, son of Palestinian immigrants, is a Mexican thinker (poet, essayist, economist, businessman, engineer, ana ...
, for ''
Leer poetry'' (essay)
**
Hugo Hiriart, for ''
Galaor Galaor was a hero of Spanish romance.
The brother of Amadis de Gaul, Galaor was the model of a courtly paladin and was always ready with his sword to avenge the wrongs of widows and orphans.
See also
* Galaor, a comic book hero from Hexagon Co ...
'' (novel)
**
Jaime Sabines
Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...
and
Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, for life’s work
*1973
**
Federico Arana, for ''
Las jiras'' (novel)
**
Esther Seligson, for ''
Otros son los sueños'' (novel)
**
José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco Berny (June 30, 1939 – January 26, 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Lit ...
, for ''
El principio del placer'' (novel)
**
Tomás Segovia, for ''
Terceto'' (poetry)
**
Héctor Azar, for ''
Los juegos de azar: seis obras en un acto'' (theatre)
*1974
**
Arturo Azuela, for ''
El tamaño del infierno'' (novel)
**
Julieta Campos, for ''
Tiene los cabellos rojizos y se llama Sabina'' (novel)
**
Gustavo Sainz Gustavo Sainz (13 July 1940 – 26 June 2015) was a Spanish language author from Mexico.
Biography
Sainz was born in Mexico City. As the son of journalist José Luis Sainz, Gustavo Sainz learned how to read at the age of three from his paternal gra ...
, for ''
La princesa del Palacio de Hierro'' (novel)
**
Manuel Echeverría, for ''
Un redoble muy largo'' (novel)
*1975
**
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 ''Christopher ...
, for ''
Terra Nostra'' (novel)
**
Augusto Monterroso
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Honduras, Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his Short story, short stories. He is considered an important figur ...
, for ''
Antología personal'' (short story)
**
José Vázquez Amaral, for ''
Ezra Pound, cantares completos'' (essay)
**
Efraín Huerta
Efraín Huerta (June 18, 1914 – February 3, 1982) was a Mexican poet and journalist. Born and raised in the state of Guanajuato, he moved to Mexico City initially to start a career in art. Unable to enter the Academy of San Carlos, he attend ...
, for life’s work
*1976
**
Tita Valencia, for ''
Minotauromaquia'' (poetry)
**
Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3,
2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. His work received such prestigious awards as the first ...
, for ''
Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda'' (theatre)
**
Daniel Leyva, for ''
Crispal'' (novel)
**
Enrique González Rojo, for ''
El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos'' (poetry)
*1977
**
Silvia Molina, for ''
La mañana debe seguir gris'' (novel)
**
Jaime Reyes, for ''
Isla de raíz amarga, insomne raíz'' (poetry)
**
Amparo Dávila, for ''
Árboles petrificados'' (short story)
**
Luis Mario Schneider, for ''
La resurrección de Clotilde Goñi'' (novel)
*1978
**
José Luis González, for ''
Balada de otro tiempo
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**
Isabel Fraire, for ''
Poemas en el regazo de la muerte'' (poetry)
**
Emiliano González, for ''
Los sueños de la Bella Durmiente'' (short story)
**
Ulalume González de León, for ''
El riesgo del placer'' (essay)
*1979
**
Carlos Eduardo Turón, for ''
La libertad tiene otro nombre'' (poetry)
**
Inés Arredondo, for ''
Río subterráneo'' (novel)
*1980
**
Sergio Fernández, for ''
Segundo sueño'' (novel)
**
Fernando Curiel, for ''
Onetti: obra y calculado infortunio'' (essay)
**
Jesús Gardea, for ''
Septiembre y los otros días'' (short story)
**
Alí Chumacero
Alí Chumacero Lora (9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet, translator, literary critic and editor. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
Biography
Alí Chumacero Lora was born on July 9, 1918, in Acaponeta, state ...
, for life’s work
*1981
**
Margarita Villaseñor, for ''
El rito cotidiano'' (poetry)
**
Jaime del Palacio, for ''
Parejas'' (novel)
**
Noé Jitrik
Noé Jitrik (23 January 1928 – 6 October 2022) was an Argentine literary critic.
Jitrik was born in Argentina on 23 January 1928. He was director of the ''Instituto de literatura hispanoamericana'' at the University of Buenos Aires, and was ...
, for ''
Fin del ritual'' (novel)
**
Sergio Pitol, for ''
Nocturno de Bujara'' (short story)
*1982
**
Alberto Dallal, for ''
El “dancing” mexicano'' (essay)
**
Eraclio Zepeda, for ''
Andando el tiempo'' (short story)
**
Luisa Josefina Hernández, for ''
Apocalipsis cum figuris'' (theatre)
**
Francisco Cervantes
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
, for ''
Cantado para nadie'' (poetry)
*1983
**
Sergie I. Zaitzeff, for ''
El arte de Julio Torri'' (essay)
**
Carlos Illescas, for ''
Usted es la culpable'' (poetry)
**
María Luisa Puga, for ''
Pánico o peligro'' (novel)
**
Héctor Manjarrez, for ''
No todos los hombres son románticos'' (novel)
*1984
**
Jomi García Ascot, for ''
Antología personal: poetry'' (poetry)
**
Carmen Alardín, for ''
La violencia del otoño'' (poetry)
**
Arturo González Cosío, for ''
El pequeño bestiario ilustrado'' (poetry)
**
Margo Glantz, for ''
Síndrome de naufragios'' (short story)
**
Lisa Block de Behar, for ''
Una retórica del silencio'' (essay)
*1985:
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, for ''
Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado'' (short story)
* 1986
**
Sergio Galindo, for ''
Otilia Rauda'' (novel)
**
Federico Patán, for ''
Último exilio'' (novel)
*1987
**
Alberto Ruy Sánchez, for ''
Los nombres del aire'' (novel)
**
Bárbara Jacobs, for ''
Las hojas muertas'' (novel)
*1988
**
Álvaro Mutis
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (August 25, 1923 – September 22, 2013) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence '' The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll'', which revolves around the character ...
, for ''
Ilona llega con la lluvia
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'' (novel)
**
Ernesto de la Peña, for ''
Las estratagemas de Dios'' (short story)
*1989
**
Carmen Boullosa, for ''
Antes , La salvaja y Papeles irresponsables'' (novel)
**
Guillermo Sheridan, for ''
Un corazón adicto: la vida de Ramón López Velarde'' (essay)
*1990
**
José Luis Rivas, for ''
Brazos de mar'' (poetry)
**
Emilio García Riera
Emilio García Riera (born 17 November 1931 in Ibiza, Spain – died on 11 October 2002 in Zapopan, Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nah ...
, for ''
El cine es mejor que la vida'' (memoires)
*1991
**
Vicente Quirarte, for ''
El ángel es vampiro'' (poetry)
**
Gerardo Deniz, for ''
Amor y oxidente''
*1992
**
Daniel Sada
Daniel Sada Villarreal (February 25, 1953, in Mexicali, Baja California – November 18, 2011, in Mexico City) was a Mexican poet, journalist, and writer, whose work has been hailed as one of the most important contributions to the Spanish lan ...
, for ''
Registro de causantes'' (short story)
**
Marco Antonio Campos
Marco Antonio Campos (9 September 1919 – 19 February 1996) was a Mexican comedian, actor, and singer best known as Viruta in the double act Viruta y Capulina with Gaspar Henaine. , for ''
Antología personal'' (poetry)
*1993:
Jorge López Páez, for ''
Los cerros azules'' (novel)
* 1994:
Francisco Hernández, for ''Moneda de tres caras'' (poetry)
* 1995: Carlos Monsiváis, for ''Los rituales del caos'' (chronicle)
* 1996: Jaime Labastida, for ''Animal de silencios y La palabra enemiga'' (poetry)
* 1997: Jorge Ruiz Dueñas, for ''Habitaré su nombre y Saravá'' (poetry)
* 1998: Ignacio Solares, for ''El sitio'' (novel)
*1999: Juan Villoro, for ''La casa pierde'' (short story)
* 2000: Vicente Leñero, for ''La inocencia de este mundo'' (anthology)
* 2001: Mario Bellatin, for ''Flores'' (novel)
* 2002
**Juan Bañuelos, for ''A paso de hierba'' (poetry)
**Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, for ''Peregrinaciones: Poesía 1965-2001 Bazar de asombros II'' (poetry)
*2003
**Coral Bracho, for ''Ese espacio, ese jardín'' (poetry)
**Pedro Ángel Palou García, for ''Con la muerte en los puños'' (novel)
* 2004: Christopher Domínguez Michael, for ''Vida de Fray Servando'' (essay)
* 2005: David Huerta, for ''Versión'' (poetry)
* 2006: Alejandro Rossi, por ''Edén. Vida imaginada'' (novel)
*2007
**Elsa Cross, for ''Cuaderno de Amorgós'' (poetry)
**Pura López Colomé, for ''y Santo y Seña'' (poetry)
*2008: Adolfo Castañón, ''Viaje a México. Ensayos, crónicas y retratos'' (essay)
*2009: Tedi López Mills, ''Muerte en la rúa Augusta'' (poetry)
*2010: Sergio Mondragón, ''Hojarasca'' (poetry)
*2011: Felipe Garrido, ''Conjuros'' (short story)
*2012: Myriam Moscona, ''Tela de Sevoya'' (novel)
*2013: José de la Colina, ''Libertades imaginadas'' (essay)
*2014: Álvaro Uribe, ''Autorretrato de familia con perro'' (novel)
*2015: Jorge Aguilar Mora, ''Sueños de la razón, 1799 y 1800. Umbrales del siglo XIX'' (essay)
*2016: Alberto Blanco (poet), ''El canto y el vuelo'' (essay)
*2017: David Toscana, ''Olegaroy'' (novel)
*2018: Fabio Morábito, ''El lector a domicilio'' (novel)
*2019: Enrique Serna, ''El vendedor de silencio'' (novel)
*2020: Malva Flores, ''Estrella de dos puntas'' (essay)
External links
El Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, Coordinación Nacional de Literatura- in Spanish
Mexican literary awards