Cervantes Prize
award
Spanish in full Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes
literary award established in 1976 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It is the most prestigious and remunerative award given for Spanish-language literature. The Cervantes Prize is presented to an author whose Castilian-language work as a whole is judged to have most enriched Spanish and Spanish-American culture. The award is given annually, and there can be no cowinners.