Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is a literary prize that has been awarded to female writers who write in Spanish since 1993. The award is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara , Mexico . A novel is awarded a prize every year. Since 2004 the award has been endowed with 100,000 Mexican pesos. The award winners can also look forward to the publication of their work in English translation. The price is named after Juana Inés de la Cruz .

Prize winners, country of origin and award-winning work

1993 - Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (Mexico) for Dulcinea encantada
1994 - Marcela Serrano (Chile) for Nosotras que nos queremos tanto
1995 - Tatiana Lobo (Chile) for Asalto al paraíso
1996 - Elena Garro (Mexico) for Busca mi esquela
1997 - Laura Restrepo (Colombia) for Dulce compañía
1998 - Silvia Molina (Mexico) for El amor que me juraste
1999 - Silvia Iparraguirre (Argentina) for La tierra del fuego
2000 - Prize not awarded
2001 - Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico) for Nadie me verá llora
2002 - Ana Gloria Moya (Argentina) for Cielo de tambores
2003 - Margo Glantz (Mexico) for El rastro
2004 - Cristina Sánchez-Andrade (Spain) for Ya no pisa la tierra tu rey
2005 - Paloma Villegas (Mexico) for Agosto y fuga
2006 - Claudia Amengual (Uruguay) for Desde las cenizas
2007 - Tununa Mercado (Argentina) for Yo nunca te prometí la eternidad
2008 - Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua) for El Infinito en la palma de la mano
2009 - Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico) for La muerte me da
2010 - Claudia Piñeiro (Argentina) for Las grietas de Jara
2011 - Almudena Grandes (Spain) for Inés y la alegría
2012 - Lina Meruane (Chile) for Sangre en el ojo
2013 - Ana García Bergua (Mexico) for La bomba de San José
2014 - Inés Fernández Moreno (Argentina) for El cielo no existe
2015 - Perla Suez (Argentina) for El país del diablo
2016 - Marina Perezagua (Spain) for Yoro
2017 - Nona Fernández (Chile) for La dimensión desconocida
2018 - Clara Usón (Spain) for El asesino tímido