Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile
The Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile is a Chilean literary award. It was donated on November 8, 1942, during Juan Antonio Ríos Morales ' presidency . It was awarded annually until 1972, and every two years since then. It is understood as recognition of the overall work of the respective award winner and consists of prize money and a life annuity.
List of award winners
- 1942 - Augusto d'Halmar
- 1943 - Joaquín Edwards Bello
- 1944 - Mariano Latorre
- 1945 - Pablo Neruda
- 1946 - Eduardo Barrios
- 1947 - Samuel Lillo Figueroa
- 1948 - Angel Cruchaga Santa María
- 1949 - Pedro Prado
- 1950 - José Santos González Vera
- 1951 - Gabriela Mistral
- 1952 - Fernando Santiván
- 1953 - Daniel de la Vega
- 1954 - Víctor Domingo Silva
- 1955 - Francisco Antonio Encina
- 1956 - Max Jara
- 1957 - Manuel Rojas
- 1958 - Diego Dublé Urrutia
- 1959 - Hernán Díaz Arrieta
- 1960 - Julio Barrenechea
- 1961 - Marta Brunet
- 1962 - Juan Guzmán Cruchaga
- 1963 - Benjamin Subercaseaux
- 1964 - Francisco Coloane
- 1965 - Pablo de Rokha
- 1966 - Juvencio Valle
- 1967 - Salvador Reyes
- 1968 - Hernán del Solar
- 1969 - Nicanor Parra
- 1970 - Carlos Droguett
- 1971 - Humberto Díaz Casanueva
- 1972 - Edgardo Garrido
- 1974 - Sady Zañartu
- 1976 - Arturo Aldunate Phillips
- 1978 - Rodolfo Oroz
- 1980 - Roque Esteban Scarpa
- 1982 - Marcela Paz
- 1984 - Braulio Arenas
- 1986 - Enrique Campos Menéndez
- 1988 - Eduardo Anguita
- 1990 - José Donoso
- 1992 - Gonzalo Rojas
- 1994 - Jorge Edwards
- 1996 - Miguel Arteche
- 1998 - Alfonso Calderón
- 2000 - Raúl Zurita
- 2002 - Volodia Teitelboim
- 2004 - Armando Uribe
- 2006 - José Miguel Varas
- 2008 - Efraín Barquero
- 2010 - Isabel Allende
- 2012 - Óscar Hahn
- 2014 - Antonio Skármeta
- 2016 - Manuel Silva Acevedo
- 2018 - Diamela Eltit