Pablo Neruda Award

The Pablo Neruda Award (Spanish: Premio Pablo Neruda) is a literary award granted annually by the Pablo Neruda Foundation since 1987. It recognizes an author under 40 who is actively writing. It consists of a diploma, a medal, and US$6,000, which are presented at La Chascona house museum in Santiago.

History

The creation of the Pablo Neruda Award was announced in July 1987 as part of the commemoration of the 83rd anniversary of the poet's birth. When announcing it, the Pablo Neruda Foundation stipulated that it would be granted annually to a Chilean writer, less than 40 years old, initially endowed with $3,000. This was later increased to $6,000.

At first, the award was given to an author for works including poetry, creative prose, and theater. Later the award changed to its current format, as it would be granted only to poets and, according to the Foundation's website, "in practice, was never granted to authors of other genres."

In 2006 the Neruda Foundation published an anthology with the winners, which ranged from Gonzalo Millán, the first in 1987, to Germán Carrasco, who received it in 2005.

Winners

Year	Winner	Photo
1987	Gonzalo Millán
1988	Raúl Zurita
1989	Diego Maquieira
1990	Clemente Riedemann
1991	Carlos Alberto Trujillo
1992	Teresa Calderón
1993	Erick Pohlhammer
1994	Alicia Salinas
1995	Tomás Harris
1996	José María Memet
1997	Isabel Gómez Muñoz
1999	Bernardo Chandía
2000	Rosabetty Muñoz
2001	Andrés Morales
2002	Armando Roa Vial
2003	Jaime Luis Huenún
2004	Víctor Hugo Díaz
2005	Germán Carrasco
2006	Malú Urriola
2007	Javier Bello
2008	Rafael Rubio
2009	Héctor Hernández Montecinos
2010	Christian Formoso
2011	Julio Espinosa Guerra
2012	Leonardo Sanhueza
2013	Juan Cristóbal Romero
2014	Andrés Anwandter
2015	Paula Ilabaca Núñez
2016	Gloria Dünkler
2017	Marcelo Guajardo Thomas
2018	Ernesto González Barnert