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ALCALA DE HENARES, Spain — Argentine poet Juan Gelman, 77, who suffered wrenching personal loss under his country’s military rule and wrote of it in poignant verse, received the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor on Wednesday.

Spain’s King Juan Carlos gave Gelman a medal symbolizing the Cervantes Prize at a ceremony in Alcala De Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of “Don Quixote.”