Cervantes Prize Recipient

Famous quotes containing the words cervantes, prize and/or recipient:

“Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

“To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)