'Celebrating a lifetime of literature': Gonzalo Celorio wins Spain's coveted Cervantes Prize 2025

Mexican writer Gonzalo Celorio has received the 2025 Cervantes Prize in recognition of his lifetime achievements in literature.

The annual award, handed out by Spain's Ministry of Culture, is one of the most prestigious honours in Hispanic and Latin American literature.

Praising his work, the jury noted that Celorio's essays, chronicles and reviews "combine critical lucidity with narrative sensitivity" and form "a mirror of human reality".

Celorio has also served asdirector of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM, Mexico's most important academic institution, as well as at the Fondo de Cultura Económica, a public-private publishing group in Mexico.

He has been a professor of literature at the aforementioned university since 1974, and in 2019 was also appointed to head the Mexican Academy of Language.

Celorio's work has been translated into several languages including English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek and Chinese.

In 2010 he received Mexico's National Prize for Science and Arts, a notable award that recognises the work of individuals who have made significant contributions to their field.