Fernando Arrabal - Prizes

Prizes

Premier Prix International Théâtre du Millénaire (2010)

• Although he is one of the most controversial writers of his time, Arrabal’s work has been recognized throughout the world, with honors including the Grand Prize for Theatre of the Académie Française, the Premio Mariano de Cavia for journalism, the Nabokov Prize for novel writing, the Espasa Prize for Essay Writing, the World Theater Prize, etc.

In 2001, he was runner-up for the Premio Cervantes, nominated by Nobel Prize in Literature Camilo José Cela and José Hierro. He was reportedly a finalist for the Nobel Prize in 2005, a prize which several institutions and personalities solicited for him. On July 14, 2005, he was named to France’s Légion d'honneur. In 2007 he was awarded a doctorate of letters Honoris Causa by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Among his other honors include:

2008

• • “Hijo adoptivo de Ciudad Rodrigo” (España).
  • "Ciudadano de honor" Erlanger (Alemania)
  • "Fronteira do Pensamento" con Bob Wilson, Wim Wenders, Philip Glass y Bernard Henri Levy. Porto Alegre (Brasil).

2007

• • Prix Spinoza (Festival Teranova)
  • Doctor Honoris Causa. Thessalonique (Grèce)
  • Max de Honor, Teatro (Espagne)
  • Prix Pasolini, cinéma (París)

2006

• • Gran Prix d’Interprétation (Festival de Quend, film : « Avida »)
  • Citoyen d’honneur de Spa (Belgique).
  • Clés de la ville de Fontenay (France)

• 2005:
  • Arrabal was decorated with the French Legion of Honor on July 14, 2005.
  • Checa Association of Film Directors Prize. René Char Gold Medal, Avignon Festival.
• 2004
  • First Panic Award, International Book Fair (Brussels)
  • Francisco de Vitoria Prize (Puerto Rico)
  • Wittgenstein Prize (University of Murcia)
• 2003
  • National Literary Award (Spain)
  • Gold Medal of San Fando (Buenos Aires)
• 2002: Gold Medal of the City of Avignon
• National Theatre Award 2001 (Spain)
• 2000: National Literary Prize (Spain)
• 1999: Alessandro Manzoni Poetry Prize (Italy)
• 1998: Prize of the Society of Authors (France)
• 1995: Officer of Arts and Letters (France)
• 1993: Theatre Prize of the Académie Française
• Since 1990, Arrabal has held the honorary title of "Transcendent Satrape" in the College of ’Pataphysics (Collège de ’Pataphysique). This group, founded in 1948 in homage to the French author Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) has named previous Transcendent Satrapes (“transcendents satrapes”) such as Camilo José Cela, René Clair, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, M. C. Escher, Eugène Ionesco, Michel Leiris, Man Ray, The Marx Brothers, Joan Miró, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, and Boris Vian. After Arrabal received this honor, other Transcendent Satrapes have been named, including Roland Topor, Umberto Eco, and Dario Fo.
• 1986: Fine Arts Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture (Spain)
• 1983: Chevalier of Arts and Letters (France)
• In 1982 Arrabal received the Nadal Prize, for "La torre herida por el rayo"
• 1976: Obie Award for Theater (New York)
• 1965 Lugné-Poë Theatre Prize (France).
• 1959: Ford Foundation Award with Italo Calvino, Hugo Claus, Charles Tomlinson, Günter Grass and Robert Pinget (New York).