• Source: National Prize for Literature (Paraguay)

The National Prize for Literature (Premio Nacional de Literatura) is awarded biennially, in odd-numbered years, by the Ministry of Education and Science, to "books in the genres of poetry, narrative, essay, or theater, written in Spanish or Guaraní, by Paraguayan or foreign authors with at least five years of residence in Paraguay." It was established in 1990 by Law No. 97/90, which also created the National Prize for Science, awarded in even-numbered years. This was updated by Law No. 1149 in 1997.
Its jury is composed of "five people of recognized experience, suitability, and prestige in literature".
Winners receive a sum equivalent to 50 times the monthly minimum wage. As of 2021, this was ₲114,466,200 (US$16,897).




List of winners


1991: Elvio Romero
1993: (not given)
1995: Augusto Roa Bastos
1997: José Luis Appleyard
1999: Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá
2001: Mario Halley Mora
2003: Carlos Martínez Gamba
2005: Rubén Bareiro Saguier
2007: Jacobo Rauskin
2009: Ramiro Domínguez
2011: Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga
2013: Alcibiades González Delvalle
2015: Maybell Lebron
2017: Susy Delgado
2019: Maribel Barreto
2021: Susana Gertopán




References

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• Jerman
• Chili
• National Prize for Literature (Paraguay)
• National Prize for Literature
• List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Augusto Roa Bastos
• Culture of Paraguay
• César López
• Latin American literature
• Nobel Prize controversies
• Rubén Bareiro Saguier
• PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature