Miguel de Cervantes Prize みげる・で・せるばんてすしょう
Edition 2 (1977)
Spanish-language literatureLifetime achievementNational (Spain)
Winners
1 peopleEl reino de este mundo is a historical novel set in Haiti, where reality and magical elements intersect. By linking colonial rule and liberation struggles with folklore and historical fact, it reconstructs the layered memory of the Caribbean in literary form.
A novel in which history and magical realism intersect against the backdrop of the Haitian Revolution.
magical realismhistorythe Caribbeancolonialism