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Chilean National Prize for Literature
Chile's National Prize for Literature (Premio Nacional de Literatura)
was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Rios on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize and a life-time stipend. It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No. 17,595 of 1972, when it became biennial. It is one of the National Prizes of Chile.
Winners are selected on the overall quality of their works, irrespective of genre.
Winners of the National Prize for Literature
2006: Jose Miguel Varas
2004: Armando Uribe
2002: Volodia Teitelboim
2000: Raul Zurita
1998: Alfonso Calderon
1996: Miguel Arteche
1994: Jorge Edwards
1992: Gonzalo Rojas
1990: Jose Donoso
1988: Eduardo Anguita
1986: Enrique Campos Menendez
1984: Braulio Arenas
1982: Marcela Paz
1980: Roque Esteban Scarpa
1978: Rodolfo Oroz
1976: Arturo Aldunate Phillips
1974: Sady Zanartu
1972: Edgardo Garrido
1971: Humberto Diaz Casanueva
1970: Carlos Droguett
1969: Nicanor Parra
1968: Hernan del Solar
1967: Salvador Reyes
1966: Juvencio Valle
1965: Pablo de Rokha
1964: Francisco Coloane
1963: Benjamin Subercaseaux
1962: Juan Guzman Cruchaga
1961: Marta Brunet
1960: Julio Barrenechea
1959: Hernan Diaz Arrieta
1958: Diego Duble Urrutia
1957: Manuel Rojas
1956: Max Jara
1955: Francisco Antonio Encina
1954: Victor Domingo Silva
1953: Daniel de la Vega
1952: Fernando Santivan
1951: Gabriela Mistral
1950: Jose Santos Gonzalez Vera
1949: Pedro Prado
1948: Angel Cruchaga
1947: Samuel Lillo
1946: Eduardo Barrios
1945: Pablo Neruda
1944: Mariano Latorre
1943: Joaquin Edwards Bello
1942: Augusto D'Halmar
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