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The Spanish-language Nobel laureates in Literature

The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: Gabriel García Márquez · Pablo Neruda · Octavio Paz. (Updated Oct 10, 2024.)

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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Top 11

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    Gabriel García Márquez

    Colombia, 1982. One Hundred Years of Solitude and magical realism.

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    Pablo Neruda

    Chile, 1971. Twenty Love Poems and Canto General.

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    Octavio Paz

    Mexico, 1990. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Sunstone.

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    Gabriela Mistral

    Chile, 1945. The first Latin American to win the Nobel.

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    Juan Ramón Jiménez

    Spain, 1956. Platero and I.

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    Miguel Ángel Asturias

    Guatemala, 1967. The President and Men of Maize.

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    Mario Vargas Llosa

    Peru, 2010. For his 'cartography of structures of power'.

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    Camilo José Cela

    Spain, 1989. The Family of Pascual Duarte and The Hive.

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    Jacinto Benavente

    Spain, 1922. Playwright of The Bonds of Interest.

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    José Echegaray

    Spain, 1904. Playwright and engineer; the first Spanish-language Nobel, shared with Frédéric Mistral.

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    Vicente Aleixandre

    Spain, 1977. A poet of the Generation of '27.

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