Premio Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Melilla
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The Premio Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Melilla is one of Spain's top literary awards, given every year to an unpublished poetry collection by a Spanish-speaking author. The Prize was created in 1979 in honor of Miguel Fernandez
, Melilla
's most distinguished poet, and is organized by the city's Consejería de la Cultura (Cultural Council). The Prize is awarded in October by a panel of renowned poets and critics, amid cultural festivities organized by Spain's UNED -Universidad Libre a Distancia and the City Hall. In 2003 it was established a finalist or runner-up. The winner of the prize gets 18.000€, while the finalist takes 9.000€, and both books are published under the Prize's own collection by Visor, a poetry publisher.
Premio Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Melilla is the biggest poetry award in the Spanish-speaking world, receiving every year more than 600 manuscripts, mostly from Spain, Argentina
, Colombia
and Uruguay
, but also from the United States and other parts of the world. Despite this, only one poet from outside Spain has ever won the award, Nicaraguan Gioconda Belli
in 2006.
Miguel Fernández
Miguel Fernández is an Argentinian professional golfer.Fernández was born in Resistencia, Chaco. He worked as a caddy in Chaco, before turning professional in 1980....
, Melilla
Melilla
Melilla is a autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa...
's most distinguished poet, and is organized by the city's Consejería de la Cultura (Cultural Council). The Prize is awarded in October by a panel of renowned poets and critics, amid cultural festivities organized by Spain's UNED -Universidad Libre a Distancia and the City Hall. In 2003 it was established a finalist or runner-up. The winner of the prize gets 18.000€, while the finalist takes 9.000€, and both books are published under the Prize's own collection by Visor, a poetry publisher.
Premio Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Melilla is the biggest poetry award in the Spanish-speaking world, receiving every year more than 600 manuscripts, mostly from Spain, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, but also from the United States and other parts of the world. Despite this, only one poet from outside Spain has ever won the award, Nicaraguan Gioconda Belli
Gioconda Belli
Gioconda Belli is an author, novelist and renowned Nicaraguan poet.-Early life:Gioconda Belli, of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975...
in 2006.
Winners
- 1979 Alfonso Canales,(Spain)
- 1980 Mariano Roldán, (Spain)
- 1981 Luis RosalesLuis RosalesLuis Rosales Camacho was a Spanish poet and essay writer member of the Generation of '36. Member of the Hispanic Society of America and the Royal Spanish Academy since 1962...
, (Spain) - 1982 Miguel FernándezMiguel FernándezMiguel Fernández is an Argentinian professional golfer.Fernández was born in Resistencia, Chaco. He worked as a caddy in Chaco, before turning professional in 1980....
, (Spain) - 1983 Pedro Molina Temboury, (Spain)
- 1984 Fernando Quiñones, (Spain)
- 1985 Miguel Ángel Velasco, (Spain)
- 1986 Antonio AbadAntonio AbadAntonio Mercado Abad was a poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist from Cebu, Philippines, who wrote in Spanish when such was the language of the Filipino society. He was educated at the University of San Carlos...
, (Spain) - 1987 Elsa López, (Spain, born in Equatorial Guinea)
- 1988 Almudena Guzmán, (Spain)
- 1989 Pablo García Baena, (Spain)
- 1990 Arcadio López-Casanova, (Spain)
- 1991 Ángel García López, (Spain)
- 1992 Rafael Morales, (Spain)
- 1993 Javier Yagüe Bosch, (Spain)
- 1994 Felipe Benítez Reyes, (Spain)
- 1995 Vicente Gallego, (Spain)
- 1996 Juan Carlos Suñén, (Spain)
- 1997 Luis Antonio de Villena, (Spain)
- 1998 Clara JanésClara JanésClara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona , is a Spanish poet, writer and translator. She is regarded as one of the great love poets of contemporary Spanish literature, a designation given her by one of twentieth century Spain's most respected women writers, Rosa Chacel...
, (Spain) - 1999 Itzíar López Guil, (Spain)
- 2000 Ángeles Mora, (Spain)
- 2001 Benjamín Prado,(Spain)
- 2002 Antonio Jiménez Millán, (Spain)
- 2003 Antonio CabreraAntonio CabreraAntonio Cabrera is a Paraguayan football defender who played for Paraguay in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Libertad.-External links:*...
, (Spain) - 2004 Francisco Díaz de Castro, (Spain)
- 2005 Luis Alberto de Cuenca, (Spain)
- 2006 Gioconda BelliGioconda BelliGioconda Belli is an author, novelist and renowned Nicaraguan poet.-Early life:Gioconda Belli, of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975...
, (Nicaragua) - 2007 Miguel García Posada, (Spain)
- 2008 Antonio Lucas, (Spain)