Chilean poet wins Cervantes Prize

Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas has won this year's Cervantes Prize, considered the highest recognition for Spanish-language literature. Rojas, 85, has written 17 books of poetry beginning in 1948 with La miseria del hombre. The prize is worth €90,000 (about $110,000 U.S.). You can find samples of Rojas' work and information about his life on the following pages. All are in Spanish unless otherwise indicated:

• Biblioteca de autores contemporáneos
• Una entrevista a Gonzalo Rojas: "no hay que tenerle miedo a la muerte" (La Tercera)
• His Life (in English)
• Gonzalo Rojas (samples of his poetry)
• La Incomodidad del Gran Escritor (Unavuelta.com)
• Gonzalo Rojas: poeta de los sentidos (Qué Pasa)