Princess of Asturias Award for Letters

The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature (Prince of Asturias Award for Literature until 2014) has been awarded since 1981 to a person, group of people or institution whose creative or research work represents a relevant contribution to universal culture in the fields of Literature or Linguistics.

List of winners

Year	Awarded	Occupation	Nationality
1981	José Hierro	Poet	SpainSpain
1982	Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Miguel Delibes	Professor, novelist, journalist, critic and dramatic author Novelist	SpainSpain
1983	Juan Rulfo	Novelist	Mexico Mexico
1984	Pablo García Baena	Poet	SpainSpain
1985	Angel González	Poet and essayist	SpainSpain
1986	Mario Vargas Llosa Rafael Lapesa	Novelist, journalist, essayist, politician Philologist and writer	Peru Peru SpainSpain
1987	Camilo José Cela	Writer and novelist	SpainSpain
1988	Carmen Martín Gaite José Ángel Valente	Writer, novelist and poet Writer, poet, essayist and translator	SpainSpain
1989	Ricardo Gullón	Lawyer, writer, literary critic and essayist	SpainSpain
1990	Arturo Uslar Pietri	Lawyer, journalist, writer, television producer and politician	Venezuela Venezuela
1991	Pueblo de Puerto Rico	Population	Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
1992	Francisco Nieva	Theatrical author, scene director, narrator and sketcher	SpainSpain
1993	Claudio	Poet	SpainSpain
1994	Carlos Fuentes	Writer, novelist and essayist	Mexico Mexico
1995	Carlos Bousoño	Poet and literary critic	SpainSpain
1996	Francisco Umbral	Journalist, novelist, essayist, biographer and poet	SpainSpain
1997	Álvaro Mutis	Writer and poet	ColombiaColombia
1998	Francisco Ayala	Writer, essayist and translator	SpainSpain
1999	Günter Grass	Writer and artist	GermanyGermany
2000	Augusto Monterroso	Writer and essayist	HondurasHonduras GuatemalaGuatemala
2001	Doris Lessing	Writer and novelist	United KingdomUnited Kingdom
2002	Arthur Miller	Dramaturgo and screenwriter	United States
2003	Fatima Mernissi Susan Sontag	Historian, essayist, sociologist and teacher Novelist, essayist and political activist	Morocco United States
2004	Claudio Magris	Writer, novelist, teacher and translator	ItalyItaly
2005	Nélida Piñón	Writer and novelist	BrazilBrazil
2006	Paul Auster	Poet, novelist and film writer	United States
2007	Amos Oz	Writer, novelist and journalist	IsraelIsrael
2008	Margaret Atwood	Poetisa, novelist and literary criticism	CanadaCanada
2009	Ismail Kadare	Writer, novelist and poet	Albania Albania
2010	Amin Maalouf	Writer	LebanonLebanon
2011	Leonard Cohen	Poet and singer	CanadaCanada
2012	Philip Roth (didn't come to pick up the prize)	Novelist	United States
2013	Antonio Muñoz Molina	Novelist	SpainSpain
2014	John Banville	Novelist	Ireland
2015	Leonardo Padura	Writer	CubaCuba
2016	Richard Ford	Novelist	United States
2017	Adam Zagajewski	Poet	PolandPoland
2018	Fred Vargas (didn't come to pick up the prize)	Novelist	France
2019	Siri Hustvedt	Novelist	United States
2020	Anne Carson	Poet	CanadaCanada
2021	Emmanuel Carrère	Writer, screenwriter and filmmaker	France
2022	Juan Mayorga	Dramaturgo	SpainSpain

Award winners by country

Country	Number of awards
SpainSpain	18
United States	6
CanadaCanada	3
France	2
Mexico Mexico	2
Albania Albania	1
GermanyGermany	1
BrazilBrazil	1
ColombiaColombia	1
CubaCuba	1
GuatemalaGuatemala	1
HondurasHonduras	1
Ireland	1
IsraelIsrael	1
ItalyItaly	1
LebanonLebanon	1
MoroccoMorocco	1
Peru Peru	1
PolandPoland	1
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico	1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom	1
Venezuela Venezuela	1