{"id":498437,"date":"2026-01-23T21:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/pedro-verges-is-selected-national-literature-award-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:42:33","slug":"pedro-verges-is-selected-national-literature-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/pedro-verges-is-selected-national-literature-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Verg\u00e9s is selected National Literature Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The Corripio Foundation, Inc. and the Ministry of Culture<\/a> awarded the 2026 National Literature Prize to the writer Pedro Verg\u00e9s, in recognition of his outstanding intellectual career and his valuable contributions to Dominican literature and culture.\n\nThe award, which includes a diploma and an economic endowment of two million pesos, was announced this Friday within the framework of the commemoration of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte. The official presentation of the award will take place on Tuesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m., at the National Theater, with open admission to the public.\n\nThe announcement was made by the honorary table, composed of the founding member of the Corripio Foundation, Jos\u00e9 Alc\u00e1ntara Almanzar; the vice president of the institution, Ana Corripio de Barcel\u00f3; the Vice Minister of Cultural Identity and Citizenship, Pastor de Moya; and Juan Daniel Balc\u00e1cer, advisor to the Corripio Foundation.\n\nDuring the press conference, Ana Corripio highlighted the literary quality of the award-winning author. “For his exemplary prose, through an impeccable command of our language, his valuable contribution to contemporary literature, with fundamental works such as The Novel, and the depth of his work as a researcher and essayist<\/strong>“, she expressed.\n\nThe selection process was carried out by a jury composed of representatives from the main universities in the country and the Dominican Academy of Language, who deliberated under criteria of equity, granting a vote to each member.\n\n\n
You can also read: Pedro Verg\u00e9s wins National Prize Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes Book Fair 2023 | De \u00daltimo Minuto<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nPedro Luciano Verg\u00e9s Ciman is a writer, essayist, poet, diplomat, and doctor in Romantic Philology from the University of Zaragoza, Spain. He has been a university professor, Minister of Culture, and ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Spain. His literary work has been recognized internationally, with his novel S\u00f3lo cenizas hallar\u00e1s, winner of the Narrative Critics Award and the Blasco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Novel Award, standing out.\n\nCreated in 1990, the National Literature Award aims to recognize the excellence of Dominican writers and promote the cultural development of the country, establishing itself as one of the highest literary awards at the national level.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Corripio Foundation, Inc. and the Ministry of Culture awarded the 2026 National Literature Prize to the writer Pedro Verg\u00e9s, in recognition of his outstanding intellectual career and his valuable contributions to Dominican literature and culture. The award, which includes a diploma and an economic endowment of two million pesos, was announced this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25Fj","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina \u00c1lvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}