Nicanor Parra Wins Cervantes Prize

Posted on December 1, 2011

Chilean poet Nicanor Parra has been awarded the Cervantes Prize. Parra is a poet, short story writer and essayist. He is also a mathematician. Parra is credited for creating anti-poetry, which introduced informal language into traditional verse.

The annual Cervantes Prize is awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain. The award carries a prize of 125,000 Euros (about $168,000 U.S.), which makes it one of richest literary prizes in the world. Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute won the award in 2010. You can view a list of winners here on mcu.es.

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