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Writer Luis Mathieu Deis won the Cervantes Prize

Spanish poet, novelist and writer Luis Mateo Díaz has won the Cervantes Literature Prize, announced Spain’s Minister of Culture Michael Izita. “The jury has just awarded Don Luis Mateo Díaz the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for Literature in the Spanish Language for 2023,” the Spanish minister in Madrid said. The writer describes the winner as “the creator of imaginary worlds and lands”. The most prestigious award in Spanish literature: “It’s wonderful to be rewarded,” Tez told a press conference in Madrid, adding, “I’m happy and happy. Maybe too much.” The prize-winning author was born at the University of Alcalá de Henares near Madrid on April 23, the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1547. During the ceremony, the laureate was presented from the hands of the King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia. Receives the award in the university hall. Since its inception in 1976, the award has been given to teachers such as Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Álvaro Mutis, Carlos Fuentes, Nicanor Parra and in 2022 the Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas. Luis Mateu Deis, born 81 years ago in the village of Lenó, northwestern Spain), is a member of the Royal Academy of Languages. In addition to his two collections of poetry, his novels and literary essays have received important awards.