Epic, lyrical, cosmopolitan; José Santos Chocano was the first of our modernists. Therefore, the Iberoamerican Foundation for the Arts, returned us to its greatness with the invitation of this Iberoamerican Poetry Prize with which we honor his legacy and his name. Universal, but autonomous, expressive, but suggestive, the author of Alma America had special attention for the need for an epic proposal; so it was since his first publications, so we hear it now, 91 years after his departure.
For that dimension, this contest: the security of a record, dexterity and originality in the approach, concern for memory and ethical and aesthetic responsibility; were the criteria of the Jury to decide the awarding of this Prize and, as well as in the first two invitations, the goal has been achieved.
Our gratitude to the 1,014 participants. We value that you have come forward with first and last names, without pseudonyms.
Mostly, the III Iberoamerican Poetry Prize José Santos Chocano, is for Felipe Garcia Quintero, for his book P A L L A K S C H. Felipe Garcia Quintero goes from free verse to poetic prose with an impressive handling of both records; his proposal retrieves questions about the origin in an exercise that reconstructs time and history. The poet puts us in front of a landscape where flora, fauna and man integrate after so many trips / to nowhere.
Felipe Garcia Quintero (Colombia, 1973) He is a doctor in Anthropology and works as a lecturer in the Social Communication program of the University of Cauca, in Popayan where he resides. He has published the poetry books: “Nobody’s Life” (1999), “Empty Stone” (2001), “The Wound of the Beginning” (2005), “Look at the Air” (2009), “Siega” (2011), “Terral” (2013), “Some Beat” (2016), “Animal of Yesterday” (2018), “Rengo” (2021) and “Things Seen (That the Wind Strips and Covers with the Air of Another Name)” (200). Participates in anthologies and current panoramas of Colombian and Spanish American poetry. Some of his books have been translated into French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic, and edited in Canada, the United States, Italy, Brazil and Syria. He got by contest the prizes Encina de la Cañada (Spain), Iberoamerican of poetry Neruda 2000 (Chile) and Eduardo Cote Lamus (Colombia).
Also, by the expressive strength of her language and its overwhelming images, the Jury concludes that access is for OJO DE NIÑA of the poet Ernestina Elorriaga (Argentina); book that they recommend its publication.
Our most exciting congratulations to the winners.
Lima, August 15, 2025
Mario Melendez (Chile), Alfredo Perez Alencart (Peru/Spain), Enrique Solinas (Argentina), Lizette Espinosa (Cuba), Omar Aramayo (Peru) // JURY MEMBERS
