Argentine poet Juan Gelman has received the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's richest and most prestigious literary award
November 2007
Argentine poet wins Cervantes prize
The Argentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country's military juntas, has won the Cervantes prize, the Spanish-speaking world's top literary award.
April 2005
Augusto Roa Bastos
Obituary: The Cervantes prize-winning novelist whose work fictionalised the political struggles of his native Paraguay has died, aged 87.