The jury has unanimously decided to award him this prize for the density, relevance, and firmness of his poetic career, along with the international impact and recognition of his work in universities and cultural institutions.
March 5, 2025
Castilla y León |
Department of Culture, Tourism, and Sports
Juan Antonio González Iglesias has been recognized with the Castilla y León Literature Prize in its 2024 edition. The jury has unanimously agreed to grant him this award «for the density, relevance, and firmness of his poetic career.»
The jury has highlighted «the profound knowledge of Greco-Latin Antiquity of this author from Salamanca, who has been defined as a ‘postmodern Alexandrian poet’ and whose work is characterized by a balanced fusion between Greco-Latin elements and contemporary ones, in a constant dialogue between Antiquity and modernity.» It has also been valued «the wide impact and international recognition of his work in universities and cultural institutions.»
Finally, the jury has emphasized «the richness of his verbal creation and the quality and solidity of his poetry, which consecrate him as one of the great contemporary writers of Castilla y León.»
The jury, appointed by the Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Sports, among people of recognized prestige in the field of Spanish literature and language, has been composed in this edition by Francisco Javier Pérez, Secretary General of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (ASALE); Carlos de la Casa Martínez, Ph.D. in History and corresponding academic of History; Pablo Lago, director of El Mundo de Castilla y León; Adolfo Alonso Ares, poet awarded with the Jaime Gil de Biedma Prize 2003 and the Vicente Gaos Ciudad de Valencia Poetry Prize 2013; Félix Martínez Llorente, Professor of the History of Law and Institutions at the University of Valladolid, and Jesús Ignacio Sanz, who has served as secretary.
The Castilla y León Literature Prize aims to distinguish the work of individuals or entities whose literary creation has significantly contributed to the enrichment and dissemination of the Spanish language in the world. The awardees so far are: Miguel Delibes in 1984; Antonio Gamoneda in 1985; Claudio Rodríguez in 1986; Julián Marías in 1987; José Jiménez Lozano in 1988; Francisco Pino in 1989; Rosa Chacel in 1990; Carmen Martín Gaite in 1991; José María Valverde in 1992; Emilio Alarcos in 1993; Victoriano Crémer in 1994; Gonzalo Torrente Ballester in 1995; Francisco Rodríguez Adrados in 1996; Gonzalo Santonja in 1997; Antonio Colinas in 1998; Antonio Pereira in 1999; Luis Mateo Díez in 2000; Eugenio de Nora in 2001; Elena Santiago in 2002; Josefina Aldecoa in 2003; Luciano González Egido in 2004; José Ángel González Sainz in 2005; Raúl Guerra Garrido in 2006; Gustavo Martín Garzo in 2007; José María Merino in 2008; José Luis Alonso de Santos in 2009; Andrés Trapiello in 2010; José María Fernández Nieto in 2011; Juan Pedro Aparicio in 2012; Jesús Hilario Tundidor in 2013; Fermín Herrero in 2014; Arcadio Pardo and Luis López Álvarez in 2015; Óscar Esquivias in 2016; Juan Carlos Mestre in 2017; José Luis Puerto in 2018; Gonzalo Calcedo Juanes in 2020; Juan Manuel de Prada in 2021; Fernando Sánchez Dragó in 2022; and Fernando Arrabal in 2023.
The Castilla y León Awards, convened annually since 1984, aim to recognize the work of individuals, groups, or entities that contribute to the exaltation of the values of the Castilian and Leonese Community, or that, carried out by Castilians and Leonese, within or outside the territorial scope of the Community, represents a significant contribution to universal knowledge. These awards have six other categories in addition to the Literature Prize: Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation, Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Sports, Human and Social Values, and Bullfighting.