Eduardo Mendoza, Princess of Asturias Award for Letters 2025 – Pledge Times

Madrid. The Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza was chosen by the jury as the new Princess of Asturias Award of Letters, a recognition that in other editions has fallen to authors of the stature of Haruki Murakami, Anne Carson, Richard Ford, Leonardo Padura, Philip Roth, Leonardo Cohen, Juan Rulfo and Carlos Fuentes, among others. Mendoza is a Barcelona author who has narrated with critical humor one of the most tragic periods in Spanish contemporary…

"His clear prose includes both popular language and the most unexpected cultures. In his books, he transcends the sense of humor and the happy and humanist vision of existence," said the juri.

The author of 'La verdad sobre el caso Savolta', 'La ciudad de los prodigios' and 'No noticias de Gurb' takes over from the Romanian poet Ana Blandiana, awarded last yearDeere José Mujica, the president who made history in Uruguay and became a referent of the left Eduardo Mendoza has been awarded with the Princess of Asturias Award of Letters 2025, as the institution has made public this Wednesday. The Catalan writer takes the Romanian poet Ana …

Cervantes Prize and author of ‘The truth of the Savolta case’ or ‘No news of Gurb’, half a century of his debut was completed in 2025

Eduardo Mendoza has been awarded with the Princess of Asturias Award of Letters 2025, as the institution has made public this Wednesday. The recognition is endowed with a sculpture by Joan Miró – symbol of the decoration–, an accreditative diploma, a badge and the cash amount of 50,000 euros, according to ElDiario.es. “I need time to find the right words. Excited, honored and grateful they seem appropriate, but obvious. I have dedicated my whole…

Eduardo Mendoza's agile, funny and ironic writing was recognized with the Asturias Princess of Letters Award 2025. The jury highlighted his "decisive contribution" to Spanish literature and called it a "supplier of happiness for readers." Key author of the last half century, Mendoza is known for portraying with humor a Spain in transformation. In 2025 the 50th anniversary of La Verdad On the Savolta Case, his first novel, considered the first of…