Cervantes Prize 2026 for Spanish writer and journalist Cristina Fernández Cubas

Cristina Fernández Cubas, a Spanish writer and journalist, has been awarded the 2026 Cervantes Prize, as announced by Spain's Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun. Born in Barcelona in 1945, she is celebrated as a master of short stories in Spanish literature. Her works, including "Os sótãos de Brumal" and "Com Agatha em Istambul," were published in Portugal in the 1990s. In 2016, she received the National Narrative Prize in Spain. The Cervantes Prize, awarded annually by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, honors an author's entire body of work and comes with a monetary award of 125,000 euros, recognized as the most prestigious literary award in Spanish.