Sergio Ramírez
Sergio Ramírez
b. 1942-08-05 · From Nicaragua2
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Sergio Ramírez Mercado (born August 5, 1942, in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a novelist, short-story writer and essayist regarded as Nicaragua's most prominent living writer. A leading figure in the Sandinista revolution against the Somoza dictatorship, he served as Vice President of Nicaragua from 1985 …
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Has Sergio Ramírez won any major literary awards?
Yes. In November 2017, Sergio Ramírez was awarded the Premio Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Prize), the most prestigious literary honor in the Spanish-speaking world, recognizing his lifetime body of work. He became the first Central American writer to receive the award. Earlier in his career, his 1988 novel Castigo Divino won Spain's International Dashiell Hammett Prize.