# The Spanish-language Nobel laureates in Literature

The eleven Spanish-language writers who have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, from José Echegaray in 1904 to Mario Vargas Llosa in 2010.

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- Oct 10, 2024 · caliratondebiblioteca
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## Top 11

1. **Gabriel García Márquez** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Colombia, 1982. One Hundred Years of Solitude and magical realism.
2. **Pablo Neruda** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chile, 1971. Twenty Love Poems and Canto General.
3. **Octavio Paz** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mexico, 1990. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Sunstone.
4. **Gabriela Mistral** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chile, 1945. The first Latin American to win the Nobel.
5. **Juan Ramón Jiménez** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spain, 1956. Platero and I.
6. **Miguel Ángel Asturias** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Guatemala, 1967. The President and Men of Maize.
7. **Mario Vargas Llosa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Peru, 2010. For his 'cartography of structures of power'.
8. **Camilo José Cela** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 1989. The Family of Pascual Duarte and The Hive.
9. **Jacinto Benavente** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 1922. Playwright of The Bonds of Interest.
10. **José Echegaray** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 1904. Playwright and engineer; the first Spanish-language Nobel, shared with Frédéric Mistral.
11. **Vicente Aleixandre** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Spain, 1977. A poet of the Generation of '27.

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