The Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances is a US$150,000 lifetime achievement award for a romance-language writer that they'll hand out on 28 November, at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, and they've announced that this year's winner is The Illogic of Kassel-author Enrique Vila-Matas.
The official site only has a downloadable .doc press release (because a pdf isn't terrible enough ...), but see, for example, the EFE report at ... Fox, Spain's Vila-Matas to receive Mexican literary prize.
Previous winners include Augusto Monterroso (1996), Sergio Pitol (1999), Juan Goytisolo (2004), Fernando del Paso (2007), António Lobo Antunes (2008), Yves Bonnefoy (2013), and Claudio Magris (2014). So, yeah, a pretty good track record.
Previous winners include Augusto Monterroso (1996), Sergio Pitol (1999), Juan Goytisolo (2004), Fernando del Paso (2007), António Lobo Antunes (2008), Yves Bonnefoy (2013), and Claudio Magris (2014). So, yeah, a pretty good track record.