Sergio Ramírez (Masatepe, Nicaragua, 1942) is one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American literature. Winner of the 2017 Cervantes Prize, he was also a prominent figure in the Sandinista Revolution before dedicating himself fully to writing.

His acclaimed works include Divine Punishment, A Thousand Deaths Plus One, and the celebrated Managua Tetralogy featuring Inspector Dolores Morales: The Sky Weeps for Me, No One Weeps for Me Now, Dead Men Cast No Shadows, and the recently published Ramfis’s Curse.

He has received numerous international awards, including the Alfaguara Prize, the Carlos Fuentes Prize, the José Donoso Prize, the Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes and the Ortega y Gasset Prize (2026). 

 

• Cervantes Prize 2017

• Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, awarded by the Universidad de Talca, Chile, 2011

• Premio Panamá Negro. Feria Internacional del Libro, Panamá, 2017.

• Premio Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria (Spanish language), awarded in México, 2014.

• Premio del Festival Internacional Metrópolis Bleu, Montreal, Canadá, 2011

• Premio Latinoamericano José María Arguedas, 2000

• Premio Alfaguara de Novela, 1998

• Prix Laure Bataillon, 1998

• Premio Internacional Dashiel Hammett de Novela ,1995

• Named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1993)

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