The Alfonso Reyes International Prize is a Mexican award given for meritorious lifetime contributions to literary research and criticism. It was founded in 1972 by the economist turned author/critic, Francisco Zendejas and was named in honor of Alfonso Reyes, a well-known Mexican literary critic, author and poet.[1]
^James Willis Robb (1918-2010, b. Queens, New York) was a Professor of Romance Languages at George Washington University. He wrote El Estilo de Alfonso Reyes (Imagen y Estructura), Fondo de Cultura Económica (1978) ISBN968-16-0129-7
^Joaquín Díez-Canedo (1917-1999, b. Madrid), was the son of poet Enrique Díez-Canedo. He was the founder of Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, a major publisher of new Mexican writers, and served as General Manager of the Fondo de Cultura Económica.