Premio Alfaguara de Novela
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Premio Alfaguara de Novela ('Alfaguara Novel Prize') is a Spanish-language literary award
. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of $175,000 (about € 133,306) making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Alfaguara, a publisher.
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.
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of $175,000 (about € 133,306) making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Alfaguara, a publisher.
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
| Year | Title | Author | Nationality |
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| 1965 | Las corrupciones | Jesús Torbado | |
| 1966 | Pascua y naranjas | Manuel Vicent | |
| 1967 | Fauna | Héctor Vázquez-Azpiri | |
| 1968 | Corte de corteza | Daniel Sueiro | |
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| 1970 | Todas esas muertes | Carlos Droguett Carlos Droguett Carlos Droguett was a Chilean writer. In 1970 he won the Chilean National Prize for Literature and the Premio Alfaguara de Novela.... |
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| 1971 | Leña verde | Luis Berenguer | |
| 1972 | Florido mayo | Alfonso Grosso | |
| 1973 - 1997 | |||
| 1998 | Caracol Beach Margarita, está linda la mar |
Eliseo Alberto Eliseo Alberto Eliseo Alberto de Diego García Marruz was a Cuban-born Mexican writer, novelist, essayist and journalist. His numerous works included the novel Caracol Beach. Alberto was nicknamed Lichi.... Sergio Ramírez |
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| 1999 | Son de mar | Manuel Vicent | |
| 2000 | Últimas noticias del paraíso | Clara Sánchez Clara Sanchez Clara Sanchez is a French professional track cyclist. She has won the Keirin World Championship on two occasions, 2004 and 2005.- Palmarès :2002... |
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| 2001 | La piel del cielo | Elena Poniatowska Elena Poniatowska Elena Poniatowska is a Mexican journalist and author. Her generation of writers include Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco and Carlos Monsiváis.-Life:Poniatowska was born in Paris to Prince Jean Joseph Evremont Sperry Poniatowski and Paula Amor Yturbe... |
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| 2002 | El vuelo de la reina | Tomás Eloy Martínez Tomás Eloy Martínez Tomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine journalist and writer.-Life and work:Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Martínez obtained a degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of Tucumán, and an MA at the University of Paris... |
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| 2003 | Diablo guardián | Xavier Velasco | |
| 2004 | Delirium Delirium (novel) This article is about the Spanish-language novel. For other uses, see Delirium Delirium is a novel by Colombian author Laura Restrepo. With this book, Restrepo won the prestigious Premio Alfaguara de Novela in 2004... |
Laura Restrepo Laura Restrepo Laura Restrepo is one of the most skilled writers to emerge from Latin America since the days of the Latin American Boom. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1950 and after about 25 years she began to write her first serious works, mainly political columns. Her first fiction novel, Isle of... |
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| 2005 | El turno del escriba | Graciela Montes Ema Wolf |
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| 2006 | Abril rojo | Santiago Roncagliolo Santiago Roncagliolo Santiago Rafael Roncagliolo Lohmann , is a Peruvian writer, scriptwriter, translator and journalist.- Life :Santiago Roncagliolo spent most of his childhood in the city of Arequipa... |
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| 2007 | Mira si yo te querré | Luis Leante Luis Leante Luis Ramón Leante Chacón , commonly known as Luis Leante, is a Spanish novelist and Latin professor.... |
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| 2008 | Chiquita | Antonio Orlando Rodríguez | |
| 2009 | El viajero del siglo | Andrés Neuman Andres Neuman Andrés Neuman is a Spanish-Argentinian writer and poet. He was born in Buenos Aires, where he spent his childhood. He lives in Spain at present. Through a vote called by the Hay Festival, Neuman was selected among the most outstanding young Latin American authors, being included on the Bogotá39 list... |
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| 2010 | El arte de la resurección | Hernán Rivera Letelier Hernán Rivera Letelier Hernán Rivera Letelier is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta saltpeter mining town. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where his mother died. His siblings went to live with his aunts. He stayed in Antofagasta, alone, until he was about 11.... |
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| 2011 | El ruido de las cosas al caer | Juan Gabriel Vásquez | |