THE NICOLAS GUILLÉN PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE PRIZE
The Nicolas Guillen Philosophical Literature Prize are awarded at the international annual meetings of the Caribbean Philosophical
Association. The prize is to be awarded to an author whose
contribution to Caribbean thought is through the medium of the novel,
poetry, theater, or cinema.
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Junot Diaz is the 2011 winner of the Nicolas Guillén Philosophical Literature Prize.
The 2011 Nicolás Guillén Award for Philosophical Literature:
Junot Díaz, “for his unsettling and imaginative portraits of contemporary life.”
For more on Díaz, please consult: http://www.junotdiaz.com/bio.html
The
Prize will be awarded during the 2011 CPA 8th annual international meeting at the University of Rutgers, NJ. For more on this,
click here.
NICOLAS GUILLÉN PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE PRIZE PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS
Recipient: 2010
Gabriel García Márquez
Recipient: 2009
Edwidge Danticat
Recipients: 2008
Ramabai Espinet
Wilson Harris
Nicholas Guillén
Click here for biographical information on Nicholas Guillén
