The Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia) is a prestigious literary prize given in Mexico, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of Xavier Villaurrutia.
Its jury is composed of previously awarded writers. Sometimes, it is not awarded for a specific work, but for an individual's body of work.
Multiple awards have been given in some years, specially between 1972 and 1992. No award was made in 1968, when it was suspended in protest for the imprisonment of José Revueltas, who had won the award in 1967. It wasn't given in 1969 since Elena Poniatowska rejected the award in protest for the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
Recipients of the award
- 1955: Juan Rulfo, for Pedro Páramo (novel)
- 1956: Octavio Paz, for El arco y la lira (essay)
- 1957: Josefina Vicens, ' (novel)
- 1958: no award
- 1959: Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, for Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros (poetry)
- 1960: Rosario Castellanos, for Ciudad Real (novel)
- 1961: no award
- 1962: no award
- 1963
- Elena Garro, for ' (novel)
- Juan José Arreola, for ' (novel)
- 1964: Homero Aridjis, for Mirándola dormir (poetry)
- 1965: Salvador Elizondo, for ' (novel)
- 1966: Fernando del Paso, for ' (novel)
- 1967: José Revueltas, for lifeâÂÂs work
- 1968: suspended
- 1969: Suspended
- 1970: Eduardo Lizalde, for El tigre en la casa (poetry)
- 1971: Carlos Montemayor, for Las llaves de Urgell (short story)
- 1972
- Juan GarcÃÂa Ponce, for Encuentros (short story)
- Gabriel Zaid, for Leer poetry (essay)
- , for Galaor (novel)
- Jaime Sabines and Ernesto MejÃÂa Sánchez, for lifeâÂÂs work
- 1973
- , for Las jiras (novel)
- Esther Seligson, for Otros son los sueños (novel)
- José Emilio Pacheco, for ' (novel)
- Tomás Segovia, for Terceto (poetry)
- , for Los juegos de azar: seis obras en un acto (theatre)
- 1974
- , for El tamaño del infierno (novel)
- Julieta Campos, for Tiene los cabellos rojizos y se llama Sabina (novel)
- Gustavo Sainz, for La princesa del Palacio de Hierro (novel)
- , for Un redoble muy largo (novel)
- 1975
- Carlos Fuentes, for Terra Nostra (novel)
- Augusto Monterroso, for AntologÃÂa personal (short story)
- , for Ezra Pound, cantares completos (essay)
- EfraÃÂn Huerta, for lifeâÂÂs work
- 1976
- Tita Valencia, for Minotauromaquia (poetry)
- Jorge Enrique Adoum, for Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda (theatre)
- Daniel Leyva, for Crispal (novel)
- Enrique González Rojo, for El quÃÂntuple balar de mis sentidos (poetry)
- 1977
- Silvia Molina, for La mañana debe seguir gris (novel)
- , for Isla de raÃÂz amarga, insomne raÃÂz (poetry)
- Amparo Dávila, for ÃÂrboles petrificados (short story)
- Luis Mario Schneider, for La resurrección de Clotilde Goñi (novel)
- 1978
- José Luis González, for Balada de otro tiempo (novel)
- Isabel Fraire, for Poemas en el regazo de la muerte (poetry)
- , for Los sueños de la Bella Durmiente (short story)
- , for El riesgo del placer (essay)
- 1979
- Carlos Eduardo Turón, for La libertad tiene otro nombre (poetry)
- Inés Arredondo, for RÃÂo subterráneo (novel)
- 1980
- Sergio Fernández, for Segundo sueño (novel)
- Fernando Curiel, for Onetti: obra y calculado infortunio (essay)
- Jesús Gardea, for Septiembre y los otros dÃÂas (short story)
- AlàChumacero, for lifeâÂÂs work
- 1981
- Margarita Villaseñor, for El rito cotidiano (poetry)
- Jaime del Palacio, for Parejas (novel)
- Noé Jitrik, for Fin del ritual (novel)
- Sergio Pitol, for Nocturno de Bujara (short story)
- 1982
- Alberto Dallal, for El âÂÂdancingâ mexicano (essay)
- Eraclio Zepeda, for Andando el tiempo (short story)
- Luisa Josefina Hernández, for Apocalipsis cum figuris (theatre)
- Francisco Cervantes, for Cantado para nadie (poetry)
- 1983
- Sergie I. Zaitzeff, for El arte de Julio Torri (essay)
- Carlos Illescas, for Usted es la culpable (poetry)
- MarÃÂa Luisa Puga, for Pánico o peligro (novel)
- Héctor Manjarrez, for No todos los hombres son románticos (novel)
- 1984
- Jomi GarcÃÂa Ascot, for AntologÃÂa personal: poetry (poetry)
- Carmen AlardÃÂn, for La violencia del otoño (poetry)
- Arturo González CosÃÂo, for El pequeño bestiario ilustrado (poetry)
- Margo Glantz, for SÃÂndrome de naufragios (short story)
- Lisa Block de Behar, for Una retórica del silencio (essay)
- 1985: Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, for Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado (short story)
- 1986
- Sergio Galindo, for Otilia Rauda (novel)
- Federico Patán, for ÃÂltimo exilio (novel)
- 1987
- Alberto Ruy Sánchez, for Los nombres del aire (novel)
- Bárbara Jacobs, for Las hojas muertas (novel)
- 1988
- ÃÂlvaro Mutis, for Ilona llega con la lluvia (novel)
- Ernesto de la Peña, for Las estratagemas de Dios (short story)
- 1989
- Carmen Boullosa, for Antes, La salvaja y Papeles irresponsables (novel)
- Guillermo Sheridan, for Un corazón adicto: la vida de Ramón López Velarde (essay)
- 1990
- José Luis Rivas, for Brazos de mar (poetry)
- Emilio GarcÃÂa Riera, for El cine es mejor que la vida (memoirs)
- 1991
- Vicente Quirarte, for El ángel es vampiro (poetry)
- Gerardo Deniz, for Amor y oxidente
- 1992
- Daniel Sada, for Registro de causantes (short story)
- , for AntologÃÂa personal (poetry)
- 1993: , for Los cerros azules (novel)
- 1994: Francisco Hernández, for Moneda de tres caras (poetry)
- 1995: Carlos Monsiváis, for Los rituales del caos (chronicle)
- 1996: , for Animal de silencios y La palabra enemiga (poetry)
- 1997: , for Habitaré su nombre y Saravá (poetry)
- 1998: Ignacio Solares, for El sitio (novel)
- 1999: Juan Villoro, for La casa pierde (short story)
- 2000: Vicente Leñero, for La inocencia de este mundo (anthology)
- 2001: Mario Bellatin, for Flores (novel)
- 2002
- Juan Bañuelos, for A paso de hierba (poetry)
- Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, for Peregrinaciones: PoesÃÂa 1965-2001 Bazar de asombros II (poetry)
- 2003
- Coral Bracho, for Ese espacio, ese jardÃÂn (poetry)
- Pedro ÃÂngel Palou GarcÃÂa, for Con la muerte en los puños (novel)
- 2004: , for Vida de Fray Servando (essay)
- 2005: David Huerta, for Versión (poetry)
- 2006: Alejandro Rossi, por Edén. Vida imaginada (novel)
- 2007
- Elsa Cross, for Cuaderno de Amorgós (poetry)
- Pura López Colomé, for y Santo y Seña (poetry)
- 2008: , Viaje a México. Ensayos, crónicas y retratos (essay)
- 2009: Tedi López Mills, Muerte en la rúa Augusta (poetry)
- 2010: , Hojarasca (poetry)
- 2011: , Conjuros (short story)
- 2012: Myriam Moscona, Tela de Sevoya (novel)
- 2013: , Libertades imaginadas (essay)
- 2014: , Autorretrato de familia con perro (novel)
- 2015: Jorge Aguilar Mora, Sueños de la razón, 1799 y 1800. Umbrales del siglo XIX (essay)
- 2016: Alberto Blanco, El canto y el vuelo (essay)
- 2017: , Olegaroy (novel)
- 2018: Fabio Morábito, El lector a domicilio (novel)
- 2019: Enrique Serna, El vendedor de silencio (novel)
- 2020: Malva Flores, Estrella de dos puntas (essay)
- 2021: Cristina Rivera Garza, El invencible verano de Liliana (novel)
- 2022: Gonzalo Celorio, Mentideros de la memoria (memoirs)
- 2023: , Quirón (poetry)
- 2024: for Las trabajadoras (poetry)
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