Eduardo Mendoza, Princess of Asturias Award for Letters 2025 – Pledge Times
- Eduardo Mendoza received the Princess of Asturias Award for Letters in 2025, as announced by the awarding institution.
- Mendoza earned this recognition due to his extensive literary career, including his 2016 Cervantes Award and influential publications since 1975.
- The award includes a Joan Miró sculpture, diploma, badge, and a monetary prize of 50,000 euros, with the jury highlighting his impact in Spanish letters.
- The jury praised his blend of innovation and wide appeal, noting his international recognition and quoting his aspiration to 'having impossible loves.'
- This award underscores Mendoza's role as a significant literary figure whose work continues to influence generations and shape Spanish-language literature.
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Eduardo Mendoza receives the Princess of Asturias Award for Letters
Madrid. The Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza was chosen by the jury as the new Princess of Asturias Award of Letters, a recognition that in other editions has fallen to authors of the stature of Haruki Murakami, Anne Carson, Richard Ford, Leonardo Padura, Philip Roth, Leonardo Cohen, Juan Rulfo and Carlos Fuentes, among others. Mendoza is a Barcelona author who has narrated with critical humor one of the most tragic periods in Spanish contemporary…


Spanish Eduardo Mendoza wins Princess of Asturias Letter 2025
"His clear prose includes both popular language and the most unexpected cultures. In his books, he transcends the sense of humor and the happy and humanist vision of existence," said the juri.

Eduardo Mendoza, Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2025
The author of 'La verdad sobre el caso Savolta', 'La ciudad de los prodigios' and 'No noticias de Gurb' takes over from the Romanian poet Ana Blandiana, awarded last yearDeere José Mujica, the president who made history in Uruguay and became a referent of the left Eduardo Mendoza has been awarded with the Princess of Asturias Award of Letters 2025, as the institution has made public this Wednesday. The Catalan writer takes the Romanian poet Ana …
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