Nobel Prize Awarded Women in Literature Since 1901

Female Writer in Latin America: Reflection on the Influence of Feminism and Its Importance in Contemporary Literature

“…Understanding women's struggle in the world and, especially, in Latin America is essential to comprehend the current panorama in literature [25,42]. The low presence of women in literary fields can be easily verified through awards; the most well-known international literary prize is the Nobel Prize in Literature, and from its creation in 1901 until 2022, it has awarded only 17 women compared to 102 men [9,4,48]. Another example is the most important recognition in the Spanish language, the Cervantes Prize, which has been awarded to only 6 women compared to 40 men since its creation in 1976: María Zambrano (1988), Dulce María Loynaz (1992), Ana María Matute (2010), Elena Poniatowska (2013), Ida Vitale (2018), and Cristina Peri Rossi (2021) [6,46].…”