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Meeting of the jury for the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature
37 nominations encompassing 24 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the seventh of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 46th year
The Jury responsible for conferring the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature will meet this coming 9th and 10th June in Oviedo. This is the seventh of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 46th year. A total of 37 candidatures encompassing 24 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel.
As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature is to be granted at “recognizing the work of fostering and advancing literary creation in all its genres”.
Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.
On the first day of the meeting at 11:00am on Tuesday 9th, there will be a family photo of the jury members in the hotel’s “Salón Consejos”, followed by a meeting with the media, immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.
The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Wednesday 10th, in the “Salón Covadonga” of the same Hotel (Ground Floor), following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.
Composition of the Jury
The Jury will be made up of the following persons:
- Santiago Muñoz Machado (chair)
- Fernando Rodríguez Lafuente (acting secretary)
- María Sheila Cremaschi
- María Dueñas Vinuesa
- Marcos Giralt Torrente
- Raquel Lanseros Sánchez
- Lola Larumbe Doral
- Antonio Lucas Herrero
- Inés Martín Rodrigo
- Sergio del Molino Molina
- Berta Piñán Suárez
- Marisol Schulz Manaut
- Sergio Vila-Sanjuán Robert
- Jorge Volpi Escalante
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