The Alfonso Reyes International Prize () is a Mexican award given for meritorious lifetime contributions to literary research and criticism. It was founded in 1972 by the economist turned author/critic, and was named in honor of Alfonso Reyes, a prominent Mexican literary critic, author and poet.Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes: Alfonso Reyes International Prize
Since its creation, the prize has been awarded by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in cooperation with the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Conaculta), the Sociedad Alfonsina Internacional, the government of Nuevo León, the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, the Universidad Regiomontana and the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey.
The first award was presented in 1973. No awards were given from 1996 to 1999 and in 2016.
Recipients
1973: Jorge Luis Borges 1974: Marcel Bataillon 1975: Alejo Carpentier 1976: André Malraux 1977: Jorge Guillén 1978: James Willis RobbJames Willis Robb (1918-2010, b. Queens, New York) was a Professor of Romance Languages at George Washington University. He wrote El Estilo de Alfonso Reyes (Imagen y Estructura), Fondo de Cultura Económica (1978) 1979: Carlos Fuentes 1980: Ernesto Mejía Sánchez 1981: Jacques Soustelle 1982: José Luis Martínez Rodríguez 1983: Paulette PatoutPaulette Patout (b. Sète, France) was a Professor of Literature at the University of Toulouse II – Le Mirail. She wrote Alfonso Reyes et la France, Klincksieck (1978) 1984: Rubén Bonifaz Nuño 1985: Octavio Paz 1986: Alí Chumacero 1987: Gutierre Tibón 1988: Ramón Xirau 1989: Laurette Séjourné 1990: Adolfo Bioy Casares 1991: Andrés Henestrosa 1992: Arnaldo Orfila Reynal 1993: Joaquín Díez-CanedoJoaquín Díez-Canedo (1917–1999) was the son of poet Enrique Díez-Canedo. He was the founder of , a major publisher of new Mexican writers, and served as general manager of the Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1994: Germán Arciniegas 1995: Juan José Arreola 2000: Arturo Uslar Pietri 2001: Miguel León-Portilla 2002: Rafael Gutiérrez Girardot 2003: Harold Bloom 2004: José Emilio Pacheco 2005: Antonio Candido 2006: Margit Frenk 2007: George Steiner 2008: Ernesto de la Peña 2009: Alfonso Rangel Guerra 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa 2011: Eduardo Lizalde 2012: Ignacio Bosque 2013: Fernando del Paso 2017: Alberto Manguel 2019: Herbert S. KleinOtorgan el Premio Alfonso Reyes 2019 a Herbert S. Klein El Universal 13 Feb 2020 2020: 2021: 2022: Malva Flores 2023: Elsa Cross 2024: Alberto Enríquez Perea 2025: Patrick Johansson 2026:
Source: INBA
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