Premio Azorín
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The Premio Azorín de Novela (Azorín Prize for Best Novel) is one of the most important literary awards for works written in the Spanish language. It was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government (diputación) of Alicante
together with Editorial Planeta (Planeta Publishing House).
The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the so-called "Generation of 98", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz (1873-1967), who used to signs his works under the pseudonym of Azorín.
The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives 68.000 € (some 93.000 dollars). As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel.
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
together with Editorial Planeta (Planeta Publishing House).
The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the so-called "Generation of 98", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz (1873-1967), who used to signs his works under the pseudonym of Azorín.
The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives 68.000 € (some 93.000 dollars). As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel.
| Year | |Winner Novel | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | La novela de Pepe Ansúrez | Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language. He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attending the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.Although primarily a novelist, he also published journalism,... |
| 1995 | El burdel de Lord Byron | Luis Antonio de Villena |
| 1996 | La cárcel del amor | Luis Racionero Luis Racionero Luis Racionero i Grau is a Spanish essayist. He studied engineering and economics at the University of Barcelona and urban studies at the University of California Berkeley. He was director of Spain's national library and of the Spanish College in Paris... |
| 1997 | El último banquete | Jesús Ferrero Jesús Ferrero Jesús Ferrero is a Spanish writer born in 1952 in the Spanish province of Zamora.After completing his secondary education he studied literature in Zaragoza for a while and then moved to Paris to study ancient Greek history at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.Jesús Ferrero, like... |
| 1998 | El hombre, la hembra y el hambre | Daína Chaviano Daína Chaviano Daina Chaviano is a Cuban writer.She is considered one of the three most important female fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Angélica Gorodischer and Elia Barceló , forming the so-called “feminine trinity of science fiction in Latin America.”In Cuba, she... |
| 1999 | Bajarás al reino de la tierra | José Luis Ferris |
| 2000 | Cielos de barro | Dulce Chacón Dulce Chacón Dulce Chacón was a Spanish poet, novelist and playwright.Born into a traditional family in the Extremadura region of Spain, her family moved to Madrid on her fathers' death, when she was 12 years old.She was known for her progressive views and her outspoken positions on capital punishment during... |
| 2001 | El secreto de la lejía | Luisa Castro Luisa Castro Luisa Castro is a Spanish poet and writer in Galician and Castilian. She has lived in Barcelona, New York, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. She collaborates with articles in Galician press.... |
| 2002 | La muerte blanca | Eugenia Rico Eugenia Rico Eugenia Rico is a Spanish novelist, poet and journalist.She claims that literature is an "act" while writing bestselling stories that have been awarded Spanish most important prizes. DER SPIEGEL in Germany and EL PAIS in Spain describes her "as the Virginia Wolf of the Facebook Era".-Life:Coming... |
| 2003 | Dios se ha ido | Javier García Sánchez |
| 2004 | El secreto de Orcelis | Manuel Mira |
| 2005 | El penúltimo sueño | Ángela Becerra Ángela Becerra Ángela Becerra is a Colombian writer. She studied publicity design and communications and worked at agencies in Cali and Bogotá as creative director and editor... |
| 2006 | La crin de Damocles | Javier Pérez Javier Pérez Javier Pérez Iniesta is a retired basketball player.-Clubs:*1988-90: Real Madrid*1990-98: Ourense Baloncesto*1998-99: Cantabria Baloncesto*1999-00: Gijón Baloncesto*2000-02: Club Instituto Rosalía de Castro... |
| 2007 | La caza salvaje | Jon Juaristi Jon Juaristi Jon Juaristi Linacero is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant... |
| 2008 | Pólvora negra | Montero Glez |
| 2009 | El arte de perder | Lola Beccaria |