The National Prize for Arts and Sciences () is awarded annually by the Government of Mexico in six categories. It is part of the Mexican Honours System and was established in 1945 by President Manuel Ávila Camacho to promote the country's artistic, scientific, and technological advancement.
It is awarded yearly to one or more persons that meets the conditions of the prize, in one of the following categories:
Linguistics and literature Fine Arts History, Social Sciences and Philosophy Popular arts and traditions Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Technology and Design
In the case of the Popular arts and traditions category, the prize can also be awarded to groups, non-governmental organizations and institutions.
In 2015, the prize was divided between National Prize for Arts and Literature () and National Prize for Science – José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez (). The former is awarded by the Secretariat of Culture and the latter by Secretariat of Public Education.
The prize is a gold medal, a rosette, a diploma signed by the President of Mexico and over $823,313.95 pesos (Approximately $40,000 US dollars).
Prior to 1945, a National Literature Prize () was established by the Secretariat of Public Education, which ceased to be awarded after the creation of the present prize.
In a controversial move, in 2020 Bertha Cecilia Navarro y Solares, movie producer, was awarded an "extraordinary distinction."
For a complete list of winners in tabular format, see the corresponding article in Spanish.
Linguistics and literature Lingüística y Literatura
1946: Alfonso Reyes 1949: Mariano Azuela 1958: Martín Luis Guzmán 1964: Carlos Pellicer 1965: Ángel María Garibay 1966: Jaime Torres Bodet 1967: Salvador Novo 1968: José Gorostiza 1969: Silvio Zavala 1970: Juan Rulfo 1971: Daniel Cosío Villegas 1972: Rodolfo Usigli 1973: Agustín Yáñez 1974: Edmundo O'Gorman Op.cit. p.688 Rubén Bonifaz Nuño 1975: Francisco Monterde 1976:
Efraín Huerta 1977: Octavio Paz 1978: 1979: Juan José Arreola 1980: José Luis Martínez Rodríguez 1981: Mauricio Magdaleno 1982: Elías Nandino 1983: Jaime Sabines 1984: Carlos Fuentes Macías 1985: Marco Antonio Montes de Oca 1986: Rafael Solana 1987: Alí Chumacero 1988: Eduardo Lizalde 1990: Salvador Elizondo 1991: Fernando del Paso 1992: José Emilio Pacheco 1993: Sergio Pitol 1994: Andrés Henestrosa Morales 1995: 1996: Emilio Carballido 1997: German List Arzubide 1998: Antonio Alatorre 1999: Alejandro Rossi 2000: Margit Frenk 2001: Vicente Leñero 2002: Elena Poniatowska Luisa Josefina Hernández 2003: Ernesto de la Peña 2004: Margo Glantz 2005: Carlos Monsiváis 2006: 2007: 2008:
2009: Carlos Montemayor Hugo Hiriart
2010: Maruxa Vilalta Gonzalo Celorio Ignacio Solares 2011: José Agustín Daniel Sada 2012: 2013: Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
2014: Dolores Castro Eraclio Zepeda 2015: David Huerta
Yolanda Lastra 2016: Elsa Cross 2017: Alberto Ruy Sánchez 2018: Angelina Muñiz-Huberman 2019: 2020: Jesús Adolfo Castañón Morán 2021: Óscar Mario Oliva Ruiz 2022: 2023: 2024: Vicente Quirarte 2025:
Fine arts Bellas Artes
1945: José Clemente Orozco 1947: Manuel M. Ponce 1950: Diego Rivera 1951: Candelario Huízar 1958: Carlos Chávez Gerardo Murillo ("Dr. Atl") 1964: Blas Galindo Rufino Tamayo 1966: David Alfaro Siqueiros 1967: Luis Ortiz Monasterio Roberto Montenegro 1968: José Villagrán García 1969: Francisco Díaz de León 1970: Jorge González Camarena 1971: Gabriel Figueroa Mateos 1972: Juan O'Gorman 1973: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez 1974: José Chávez Morado 1975: Manuel Álvarez Bravo 1976: Luis Barragán Julio Prieto Rodolfo Halffter 1977: Luis Buñuel 1978: Gunther Gerszo Wendland 1979: Guillermina Bravo 1981: José Luis Cuevas 1982: Abraham Zabludovsky Teodoro González de León 1983: Manuel Enríquez 1984: Pedro Coronel 1985: Alberto Beltrán 1986: Mario Pani 1987: Juan Soriano 1988: Manuel Felguérez Aspe 1989: Ignacio Díaz Morales 1990: Olga Costa 1991: Mario Lavista Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis Vicente Rojo Almazán 1992: Amalia Hernández Navarro José Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría Manuel de Elías 1993: Carlos Jiménez Mabarak 1994: 1995: Federico Silva 1996: Luis Nishizawa 1997: Arturo Ripstein 1998: Francisco Toledo 1999: Guillermo Arriaga Fernández 2000: José Raúl Anguiano Valadez 2001: Alejandro Luna Alfredo Zalce Torres
2002: Héctor García Cobo 2003: Gilberto Horacio Aceves Navarro J. Francisco Serrano Cacho Ludwik Margules Coben 2004:
Agustín Hernández Navarro 2005: Leonora Carrington Luis Herrera de la Fuente Gloria Contreras 2006:
2007: Carlos Prieto Jacqué Felipe Cazals 2008: José Solé Graciela Iturbide
2009: Helen Escobedo Arturo Márquez 2010:
Marta Palau Bosch 2011: Pedro Cervantes Jorge Fons 2012:
Fernando González Gortázar Helene Joy Laville Perren 2013: Javier Álvarez (composer) Ángela Gurría Paul Leduc (film director) 2014: 2015: Sebastián (sculptor) Ignacio López Tarso Fernando López Carmona 2016: Gabriela Ortiz 2017: Nicolás Echevarría 2018: Rosanna Filomarino 2019: Abraham Oceransky 2020: Manuel de Jesús Hernández () 2021: Sergio Ismael Cárdenas Tamez 2022: María Rojo 2023: Claudio Valdés Kuri 2024: 2025:
History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy Historia, Ciencias Sociales y Filosofía
1960: Alfonso Caso 1962: Jesús Silva Herzog 1969: Ignacio Bernal 1976: Eduardo García Máynez 1977: Víctor L. Urquidi Bingham 1978: Mario de la Cueva 1979: Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán 1980: Leopoldo Zea Aguilar 1981: Miguel León-Portilla 1982: Héctor Fix Zamudio 1983: Luis González y González 1984: Pablo González Casanova 1985: 1986: Luis Villoro Toranzo 1990: (Not awarded) 1991: 1992:
1993:
1994: 1995: Israel Cavazos Garza Ramón Xirau 1996:
1997: Rodolfo Stavenhagen 1999: Josefina Zoraida Vázquez 2000: 2001: Ida Rodríguez Prampolini 2002: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez 2003: 2004: Juliana González Valenzuela 2005:
2006: Larissa Adler 2007: Pilar Gonzalbo Aizpuru Eduardo Matos Moctezuma 2008:
Margarita Nolasco Armas 2009:
José Ramón Cossío 2010: Enrique Krauze Soledad Loaeza 2011: Jean Meyer Lorenzo Meyer 2012: Carlos Marichal
2013: Roger Bartra
2014: Néstor García Canclini
2015: 2016: 2017: Mercedes de la Garza Camino 2018: Salomón Nahmad y Sittón 2019: 2020: Alfredo Federico López Austin 2021: 2022: 2023: José Manuel Valenzuela Arce 2024: Teresa Rojas Rabiela Leonardo López Luján 2025:
Popular Arts and Traditions Artes y Tradiciones Populares
Awards in this field were first presented in 1984 and are the only ones that can be given to institutions and individuals.
1984: Artesanos de Santa Clara del Cobre 1985: Banda Infantil del centro de Capacitación Musical de la región Mixe Mixtec tyrian purple dyers using plicopurpura pansa sea snails, Pinotepa Nacional 1986: Chichimeca folk dance group, in Querétaro (Concheros) Sna Jolobil indigenous weavers community 1987: Seri people handicraftsmen 1988: 1989: Manuel Esperón, Gabriel Ruiz Galindo, Consuelo Velázquez 1990: Pedro Linares López 1991: Pyrotechnics from Tultepec, State of Mexico 1992: Gorky González Quiñones 1993: Lacquering handicraftsmen from Olinalá, Guerrero 1994: 1995: Jorge Wilmot 1996: Alfonso Castillo Orta Zeferino Nandayapa 1997: Juan Reynoso Portillo 1998: "Brígido Santa María" music band from Tlayacapan, Morelos
1999:
Juan Quezada Celado 2000: Joel Wilfrido Flores Villegas Assembly of Danza de los Voladores performers from Papantla, Veracruz 2001: Rebozo weavers and handicraftsman from Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí
2002:
2003: Gabriel Vargas José Benítez Sánchez 2004: House of the Maya People actors and writers organization. La Flor de Xochistlahuaca cooperative group. La Judea, Cora Holy Week 2005: Popoloca handicraftsman potters from Reyes Metzontla, Puebla
2006: Tonalteca potters from Tonalá, Jalisco
Leocadia Cruz Gómez 2007: Francisco Coronel Navarro Nahua painters from the Balsas River Teodoro Torres Orea and Susana Navarro Alamilla 2008: Angélica Delfina Vásquez Cruz
2009: Celsa Iuit Moo
Group of Purépecha handicraftsman potters from Ocumicho, Michoacán 2010: Group of weaving women from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas. Group of indigenous handicraftsman from Baja California 2011: Óscar Chávez Barro negro potters from San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca
2012:
Cofradía de San Juan Bautista group Traditional music community formed by the Vega-Utrera family 2013: 2014: Carlomagno Pedro Martínez Alberto Vargas Castellano 2015:
Victorina López Hilario 2016: 2017: Francisco Barnett Astorga 2018: 2019: Carmen Vázquez Hernández 2020: Mario Agustín Gaspar 2021: Taller Leñateros 2022: Abigail Mendoza Ruiz 2023: Guillermo Velázquez Benavides 2024: Juana Bravo Lázaro Antolín Vázquez Valenzuela 2025: Catalina Yolanda López Márquez
Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas y Naturales
1948: 1957: Nabor Carrillo Flores 1959: Manuel Sandoval Vallarta 1961: Ignacio Chávez Sánchez 1963: Guillermo Haro Barraza 1964: 1966: Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns 1967: José Adem Chaín 1968: Salvador Zubirán Anchondo 1969: 1970: Carlos Graef Fernández 1971: 1972:
1973: 1974: Emilio Rosenblueth Deutsch Ruy Pérez Tamayo 1975: Arcadio Poveda Ricalde
1976: Ismael Herrera Revilla Julían Adem Chahín Samuel Gitler Hammer 1977: Jorge Cerbón Solórzano 1978: Rafael Méndez Martínez 1979: Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty 1980: Guillermo Soberón Acevedo 1981: Manuel Peimbert Sierra 1982: Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutiérrez 1983: Octavio Augusto Novaro 1984: José Ruiz Herrera 1985: Marcos Rojkind Matlyuk 1986: Adolfo Martínez Palomo 1990: José Sarukhán Kermez 1991:
Miguel José Yacamán 1992:
Francisco Bolívar Zapata 1993: 1994:
Rafael Palacios de la Lama 1995:
Cinna Lomnitz
1996:
1997: 1998: 1999:
2000:
2001: Herminia Pasantes Morales Ordóñez Julio Everardo Sotelo Dávila Onésimo Hernández Lerma 2002: Luis de la Peña
2003:
2004:
2005:
2006: Juan Ramón de la Fuente 2007: Silvia Torres Castilleja Carlos José Beyer y Torres
2008:
2009:
2010:
2011: Julio Collado-Vides 2012: Ruben Gerardo Barrera Carlos Artemio Coello Coello Susana Lizano 2013:
2014: Carlos Arias Ortiz Mauricio Hernández Ávila 2015: Jorge Alcocer Varela Fernando del Río Haza 2016: Cecilia Noguez David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz 2017:María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces 2018: Carlos Alberto Aguilar Salinas Mónica Clapp 2019: Esperanza Martínez-Romero 2020: Juan Ángel Rivera Dommarco 2021: Lena Ruiz Azuara Santiago Alberto Verjovsky Solá 2022: Roberto Escudero Derat Annie Pardo Cemo 2023: Alfredo Heriberto Herrera Estrella
Technology and Design Tecnología y Diseño
1976: Reinaldo Pérez Rayón Wenceslao X. López Martín del Campo 1977: Francisco Rafael del Valle Canseco 1978: Enrique del Moral 1979: Juan Celada Salmón 1980: Marcos Mazari Menzer 1981: Luis Esteva Maraboto 1982: Raúl J. Marsal Córdoba 1983: José Antonio Ruiz de la Herrán Villagómez 1984: Jorge Suárez Díaz 1985: José Luis Sánchez Bribiesca 1986: Daniel Malacara Hernández 1987: Enrique Hong Chong 1988: Mayra de la Torre 1990:
1991: Octavio Paredes López
1992:
1993: 1994:
1995: 1996:
1997: Baltasar Mena Iniesta Feliciano Sánchez Sinencio 1999: 2000: 2001: 2002: Alexander Balankin 2003:
Octavio Manero Brito 2004: Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato
2005: Alejandro Alagón Cano 2006: 2007: 2008: 2009:
2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: José Mauricio López Romero 2015: Raúl Rojas Enrique Galindo Fentanes 2016:
Luis Enrique Sucar Succar 2017: Emilio Sacristan Rock 2018: Ricardo Chicurel-Uziel Leticia Myriam Torres Guerra 2019: Hugo Barrera Saldaña Yunny Meas Vong 2020: Guillermina Ferro Flores Jorge Ancheyta Juárez 2021: Refugio Rodríguez Vázquez 2022: Gustavo Mora Aguilera Edda Lydia Sciutto Conde 2023: Rafael Vázquez Duhalt Juan Socorro Armendáriz Borunda Sergio Román Othón Serna Saldívar Edilso Francisco Reguera Ruiz
See also
Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología