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Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes

Notable Honorees

Mario Vargas Llosa • Jorge Luis Borges • Carlos Fuentes • Octavio Paz • Alejo Carpentier • Ernesto Sábato • Adolfo Bioy Casares • Augusto Roa Bastos • Álvaro Mutis • Antonio Buero Vallejo • Camilo José Cela • Sergio Pitol • Francisco Ayala • Ana María Matute • Juan Goytisolo • Juan Gelman • Guillermo Cabrera Infante • José Emilio Pacheco • Juan Carlos Onetti • Nicanor Parra • Jorge Edwards • Miguel Delibes • Rafael Alberti • Fernando del Paso • Jorge Guillén • Carmen Laforet • Dámaso Alonso • Gerardo Diego

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