Cuban-born and long-time U.S. resident José Kozer, one of the most revered Latin American poets, received the recognition from Chilean president Sebastián Piñera. Established in 2004 for Neruda's centennial, the award honors a lifetime contribution to poetry. It has been received by Nicanor Parra, Juan Gelman, and Ernesto Cardenal, among others.

The author of 60 books, Kozer is normally associated with neobarroco, a Latin American movement that draws inspiration from the daring use of language by Golden Age poets, especially Luis de Góngora. Kozer was also co-editor of Medusario, an anthology of Neo-Baroque poetry and for the past four decades he has written one poem a day, largely surpassing the 9,000. Read the complete story here.