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(L-R) Spain's King Felipe VI and Spain's Queen Letizia arrive to the 2016 Cervantes Prize Literature award ceremony at the University of Alcala de Henares, near Madrid, on April 20, 2017.
The prize, considered the most prestigious literary award for the Spanish language and named after 16th century writer Miguel de Cervantes, Spain's greatest literary figure and the author of "Don Quixote", carries a cash award of 125,000 euros (134,000 USD). / AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)