Potential Candidates
The following is a list of well-known and lesser known writers whose literary work has generated enough verifiable media attention in journals, newspapers and the blogosphere to be potential future Cervantes Prize winners.
- This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
- Francisco Nieva (born December 29, 1924, Spanish)
- Ernesto Cardenal (born January 20, 1925, Nicaraguan)
- Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1927, Colombian) (+)
- Juan Goytisolo (born January 6, 1931, Spanish)
- Fernando Arrabal (born August 11, 1932, Spanish)
- Javier Marías (born September 20, 1951, Spanish)
- (+) The writer, declined to be considered for the award.
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