Mexican Fernando del Paso wins 2015 Miguel de Cervantes Prize

*Del Paso “is an essay writer, author of children’s literature, fiction, poetry and theater, plus a painter as well.”  He was awarded the most important library honor of the Spanish-speaking world. VL

By EFE

Madrid (EFE). – Mexican author Fernando del Paso was awarded on Thursday Spain’s 2015 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor, with prize money of 125,000 euros (around $134,000).

The Spanish Minister of Education, Culture and Sports Inigo Mendez de Vigo announced at a press conference that the award went to Del Paso, who earned the prize for his “contribution to the development of the novel and combining tradition and modernity, as Cervantes did in his time.”

The jury, headed by Fernandez Ordonez, representative of the Royal Spanish Academy, declared that Fernando del Paso is one of Mexico’s most read authors, and considers that awarding him this year’s prize is a victory for Cervantes’s literary legacy.

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