Antonio Gamoneda wins Cervantes Prize

Antonio Gamoneda has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish literary world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Spanish Culture Minister Carmen Calvo announced Gamoneda as the winner after the 76-year-old poet was selected by a panel of Spanish and Latin American academics led by Victor Garcia de la Concha, president of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language. The literary honour carries a cash prize of 90,000 Euros