Overview

• The jury announced the winner at Granada’s Centro Lorca after evaluating 37 candidacies from Spain and 14 other countries, mostly Spanish-speaking with one from the United States.
• The prize includes €20,000, a diploma and commemorative artwork, publication of an anthology of Siles’s work, and literary days dedicated to his poetry.
• Jurors praised Siles for making literature “a trench of beauty, reflection and love of art.”
• Granada mayor Marifrán Carazo congratulated the Valencian poet and said his work bridges classical culture with contemporary concerns.
• The award is granted annually without the option of being declared void, and Siles joins a roster of distinguished past laureates in Spanish-language poetry.