On this occasion, and on the occasion of the "International Women's Day" of March 8th, 2023, the National Library of Spain brings together in the same space -the Italian Hall-, the portrait gallery of the award-winning writers throughout the history of the prize.

Awarded for the first time in 1976, at the end of the 1990s the BNE joined the Cervantes Awards by making a portrait or photograph of the winners. The works adorn different study and reading rooms of the historic Paseo de Recoletos headquarters, as a memory and tribute to the winners. The collection is very heterogeneous and diverse, including well-known artists, hyperrealists, abstract artists, with very different aesthetics, and also photographs of all kinds, black and white or color.

Information sources: Biblioteca Nacional de España , Europa Press