The delegate of the Government in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín, attended this morning the award of the Prize of Literature in Castilian Language “Miguel de Cervantes” 2022 to the Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadena, who have presided SS.MM. the Kings at the Paraninfo of the University of Alcalá de Henares.
This award, granted by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and endowed with 125,000 euros, is the maximum recognition given to the creative work of Spanish and Hispanic American writers who have contributed, with the totality of their work, to enriching the Hispanic literary legacy.
In the case of Rafael Cadena, the jury has highlighted “his vast and extensive literary work” and recognized “the transcendence of a creator who has made poetry a reason for his own existence and has led it to heights of excellence in our language”.