Guadalajara, Jalisco. Uruguayan writer Fernanda Trías has been awarded the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize for her novel El monte de las furias (The Mountain of Furies), a recognition that consolidates her place in Spanish-language narrative.
The verdict, adopted by unanimous decision of the jury made up of Giselle Etcheverry Walker, Patricia Córdova Abundis and Julián Herbert, recognizes a work that revisits the Latin American tradition from an incisive female perspective; Trías repeats the award after the one obtained in 2021 for Mugre rosa.
Date, location and endowment of the recognition
The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, December 3 , at the Juan Rulfo Auditorium (ground floor, Expo Guadalajara), during the 39th Guadalajara International Book Fair , with a scheduled time of 18:00 p.m. to 19:20 p.m.
The prize includes a $10.000 endowment and the backing of the Claustro de Sor Juana, reinforcing its role as a benchmark for literature written by women in Spanish.
The jury's arguments
According to the minutes, the novel is based on the narrative tradition of the region and reconfigures it from a female point of view , with linguistic discoveries and a symbolic architecture rich in nuances.
The text contrasts the routine of an isolated protagonist, a direct exploration of desire , and the irruption of ominous violence; a play of tensions that links female genealogies, invisible work, urban ruin, and nostalgia for the rural world.
The committee also highlighted the creation of eccentric and endearing characters , along with a poetic and precise pulse that unfolds dense atmospheres and scenes of great intensity.
Who is Fernanda Trías?
Born in Montevideo in 1976, Trías is a novelist, translator, and teacher . Her works include *Cuaderno para un solo ojo*, *La azotea*, *La ciudad invencible*, *No soñarás flores*, *Mugre rosa*, and *El monte de las furias*.
Her career has been recognized with the Uruguayan National Literature Prize (2020) , the Bartolomé Hidalgo Critics' Prize (2021), and two British PEN Translates awards (2020 and 2022). Mugre rosa was a finalist for the National Book Awards, and her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages.
In Europe and Spain, she participated in the Eñe/Casa de Velázquez residency (Madrid, 2018). Since 2015 she has lived in Bogotá, where she has taught at the National University and has taught at the University of the Andes since 2019.
An award with a history
Established in 1993 by Nicaraguan writer Milagros Palma , the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize annually recognizes a novel originally published in Spanish and has become a benchmark for literature written by women in the Ibero-American space.
Among the authors who have received it are Elena Garro, Laura Restrepo, Margo Glantz, Gioconda Belli, Cristina Rivera Garza, Almudena Grandes , Lina Meruane, Claudia Piñeiro, María Gainza, Daniela Tarazona, Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, Cristina Sánchez-Andrade, Paloma Villegas, Claudia Amengual, Tununa Mercado, Ana García Bergua, Inés Fernández Moreno, Perla Suez, Marina Perezagua, Nona Fernández, Clara Usón, Camila Sosa Villada, María Ospina Pizano and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara.
Honorable mention to Adriana Riva
The jury awarded an honorable mention to the Argentine writer Adriana Riva for her novel Ruth, valuing her sharpness in exploring the margins of the representation of female old age and her ability to demystify old age and sisterhood with a playful perspective.
With the award given to El monte de las furias , the FIL Guadalajara reinforces the dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity in Spanish-language narrative, inviting readers on December 3rd at the Juan Rulfo Auditorium for a ceremony that recognizes a work with its own voice and literary ambition.