Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literary Prize
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for Literature is granted in recognition of the literary work of women in the Hispanic world. Founded in 1993, it is awarded each year to the female author of a novel originally published in Spanish and carries US $10,000 cash purse. The award is given by the Guadalajara International Book Fair with funding from the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana.
The Prize was created and named by Nicaraguan writer Milagros Palma and awarded for the first time upon the conclusion of the 4th Annual Latin American International Literary Criticism and Women’s Literature Symposium, held as part of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 1993. It was subsequently integrated into the Fair’s annual activities and has been given out every year since, except in 2000.
Has been awarded to:
2025
Fernanda TrÃas
2024
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
2023
MarÃa Ospina Pizano
2022
Daniela Tarazona
2021
Fernanda TrÃas
2020
Camila Sosa
2019
MarÃa Gainza
2018
Clara Usón
2017
Nona Fernández
2016
Marina Perezagua
2015
Perla Suez
2014
Inés Fernández Moreno
2013
Ana GarcÃa Bergua
2012
Lina Meruane
2011
Almudena Grandes
2010
Claudia Piñeiro
2009
Cristina Rivera Garza
2008
Gioconda Belli
2007
Tununa Mercado
2006
Claudia Amengual
2005
Paloma Villegas
2004
Cristina Sánchez-Andrade
2003
Margo Glantz
2002
Ana Gloria Moya
2001
Cristina Rivera Garza
2000
Declarado Desierto
1999
Sylvia Iparraguirre
1998
Silvia Molina
1997
Laura Restrepo
1996
Elena Garro
1995
Tatiana Lobo
1994
Marcela Serrano
1993
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
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