Miguel de Cervantes Prize

E144262

Spanish national award literary award

The Miguel de Cervantes Prize is Spain’s most prestigious literary award, honoring a writer’s lifetime achievement in Spanish-language literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cervantes Prize	12
Miguel de Cervantes Prize canonical	9
Premio Cervantes	3
Premio Miguel de Cervantes	3
Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1261120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Context triple: [Alejo Carpentier, awardReceived, Miguel de Cervantes Prize]

A. Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
The Prince of Asturias Award for Literature is a prestigious Spanish prize honoring outstanding literary contributions by writers of international renown.
B. Rómulo Gallegos Prize
The Rómulo Gallegos Prize is a prestigious international literary award for Spanish-language novels, regarded as one of the most important honors in Latin American literature.
C. Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
The Prince of Asturias Award for Concord is a prestigious Spanish prize that honors individuals or institutions whose work promotes peace, understanding, and humanitarian cooperation on an international scale.
D. Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
The Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences is a prestigious Spanish prize that honors outstanding contributions to the fields of social studies, law, political science, and related disciplines on an international scale.
E. Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Target entity description: The Miguel de Cervantes Prize is Spain’s most prestigious literary award, honoring a writer’s lifetime achievement in Spanish-language literature.

A. Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
The Prince of Asturias Award for Literature is a prestigious Spanish prize honoring outstanding literary contributions by writers of international renown.
B. Rómulo Gallegos Prize
The Rómulo Gallegos Prize is a prestigious international literary award for Spanish-language novels, regarded as one of the most important honors in Latin American literature.
C. Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
The Prince of Asturias Award for Concord is a prestigious Spanish prize that honors individuals or institutions whose work promotes peace, understanding, and humanitarian cooperation on an international scale.
D. Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
The Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences is a prestigious Spanish prize that honors outstanding contributions to the fields of social studies, law, political science, and related disciplines on an international scale.
E. Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish national award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Premio Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ linked to: Miguel de Cervantes Prize Premio de Literatura en Lengua Castellana Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ linked to: Miguel de Cervantes Prize
awardAmount	125000 euros ⓘ
awardedFor	lifetime achievement in Spanish-language literature ⓘ
category	International literary awards ⓘ Spanish literary awards ⓘ
ceremonyHeldOn	23 April ⓘ
ceremonySignificance	anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
considered	most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world ⓘ the Spanish-language Nobel ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currency	euro ⓘ
eligibility	Spanish-language authors ⓘ writers in Spanish ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	1976 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	Spanish-language literature ⓘ
hasRecipient	Adolfo Bioy Casares ⓘ Alejo Carpentier ⓘ Ana María Matute ⓘ Camilo José Cela ⓘ Carlos Fuentes ⓘ Dulce María Loynaz ⓘ Eduardo Mendoza ⓘ Elena Poniatowska ⓘ Ida Vitale ⓘ Jorge Guillén ⓘ Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ José Emilio Pacheco ⓘ Juan Marsé ⓘ Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ Octavio Paz ⓘ Rafael Alberti ⓘ Sergio Pitol ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
location	Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
namedAfter	Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	honors entire body of work rather than a single book ⓘ
presentedBy	Government of Spain ⓘ linked to: Spanish government Ministry of Culture of Spain ⓘ linked to: Spanish Ministry of Culture Spanish Ministry of Culture ⓘ
region	Spanish-speaking world ⓘ
selectionProcess	chosen by a jury of literary experts ⓘ
sponsor	Ministry of Culture of Spain ⓘ linked to: Spanish Ministry of Culture

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alejo Carpentier → awardReceived → Miguel de Cervantes Prize ⓘ

Jorge Luis Borges → awardReceived → Miguel de Cervantes Prize ⓘ

Guillermo Cabrera Infante → awardReceived → Miguel de Cervantes Prize ⓘ

Mario Vargas Llosa → awardReceived → Cervantes Prize ⓘ