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Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 1986
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 1986
The Jury has valued his extraordinary gifts as a story-teller, the wealth and variety of his work, filled with the spirit of creative freedom and his mastery of the language. In granting the award to Mr Lapesa the Jury recognises his rigorous, constant and profound work in clarifying the history of the Spanish language, as well as his fruitful teaching work in Spain and America.
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