The Alfaguara Novel Prize (Spanish: Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language.[1] It includes a prize of US$175,000[2] (about €162000) making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Alfaguara, a publisher owned by Penguin Random House.
The prize was created in 1965 by Alfaguara and continued until 1972. In 1980 Alfaguara was purchased by Grupo Santillana. In 1998 the award was reconvened.
Winners
edit| Year | Title | Author | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Las corrupciones | Jesús Torbado | Spain |
| 1966 | Pascua y naranjas | Manuel Vicent | Spain |
| 1967 | Fauna | Héctor Vázquez-Azpiri | Spain |
| 1968 | Corte de corteza | Daniel Sueiro | Spain |
| 1969 | No awardees | ||
| 1970 | Todas esas muertes | Carlos Droguett | Chile |
| 1971 | Leña verde | Luis Berenguer | Spain |
| 1972 | Florido mayo | Alfonso Grosso | Spain |
| 1973–97 | Not organised | ||
| 1998 | Caracol Beach | Eliseo Alberto | Cuba |
| Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea | Sergio Ramírez | Nicaragua | |
| 1999 | Son de mar | Manuel Vicent | Spain |
| 2000 | Últimas noticias del paraíso | Clara Sánchez | Spain |
| 2001 | La piel del cielo | Elena Poniatowska | Mexico |
| 2002 | El vuelo de la reina | Tomás Eloy Martínez | Argentina |
| 2003 | Diablo guardián | Xavier Velasco | Mexico |
| 2004 | Delirium | Laura Restrepo | Colombia |
| 2005 | El turno del escriba | Graciela Montes Ema Wolf |
Argentina |
| 2006 | Red April | Santiago Roncagliolo | Peru |
| 2007 | See How Much I Love You | Luis Leante | Spain |
| 2008 | Chiquita | Antonio Orlando Rodríguez | Cuba |
| 2009 | Traveller of the Century | Andrés Neuman | Spain-Argentina |
| 2010 | El arte de la resurrección[3] | Hernán Rivera Letelier | Chile |
| 2011 | The Sound of Things Falling[4] | Juan Gabriel Vásquez | Colombia |
| 2012 | Una misma noche[5] | Leopoldo Brizuela | Argentina |
| 2013 | La invención del amor (Inventing love) [6] | José Ovejero | Spain |
| 2014 | El mundo de afuera[7] | Jorge Franco | Colombia |
| 2015 | Contigo en la distancia[8] | Carla Guelfenbein | Chile |
| 2016 | La noche de la usina[9] | Eduardo Sacheri | Argentina |
| 2017 | Rendición[10] | Ray Loriga | Spain |
| 2018 | Una novela criminal[11] | Jorge Volpi | Mexico |
| 2019 | Mañana tendremos otros nombres[12] | Patricio Pron | Argentina |
| 2020 | Salvar el fuego[13] | Guillermo Arriaga | Mexico |
| 2021 | Los abismos[14][15] | Pilar Quintana | Colombia |
| 2022 | El tercer paraíso[16] | Cristian Alarcón | Chile |
| 2023 | Cien cuyes[17] | Gustavo Rodríguez | Peru |
| 2024 | Los alemanes | Sergio del Molino | Spain |
References
edit- ^ "Colombian Writer Wins Spanish Literary Prize", 21 March 2011
- ^ "Bases XIX Premio Alfaguara de novela 2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Hernán Rivera Letelier obtiene el Premio Alfaguara 2010 con su obra 'El arte de la resurrección'
- ^ Rodríguez Marcos, Javier (21 March 2011). "Juan Gabriel Vásquez gana el Premio Alfaguara 2011". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ elpais.com
- ^ "Spain's Jose Ovejero wins Alfaguara Novel Prize". Global Post. EFE. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ W. M. S. (20 March 2014). "Jorge Franco gana el premio Alfaguara con 'El mundo de afuera'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "La chilena Carla Guelfenbein gana el Premio Alfaguara 2015". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. EFE. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Eduardo Sacheri ganó el Alfaguara de Novela". Página/12 (in Spanish). 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Argentine writer Sacheri wins Alfaguara Prize". Buenos Aires Herald. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Jorge Volpi gana el Premio Alfaguara con 'Una novela criminal'". El país. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ de Carlos, Carmen (23 January 2019). "El rosarino Patricio Pron se quedó con el Premio Alfaguara". Clarín. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Guillermo Arriaga gana el Premio Alfaguara 2020". El Financiero. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Ganadores" [Winner]. Premio Alfaguara (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Pilar Quintana, ganadora del XXIV Premio Alfaguara de Novela con 'Los abismos'" [Pilar Quintana, winner of the XXIV Alfaguara Novel Prize with 'Los abysses']. europapress.es (in Spanish). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "El escritor chileno Cristian Alarcón, Premio Alfagura de Novela por 'El tercer paraíso'". Europa Press. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "'Cien cuyes' de Gustavo Rodríguez gana el Premio Alfaguara de novela 2023". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
External links
edit- Alfaguara Prize home page (in Spanish)