Premio Biblioteca Breve | |
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Awarded for | Unpublished novel |
Sponsored by | Seix Barral (Grupo Planeta) |
Date | 14 June 1958 |
Location | Barcelona, Spain |
Presented by | Seix i Barral ![]() |
Reward(s) | €30,000 |
The Premio Biblioteca Breve is a literary award given annually by the publisher Seix Barral (now part of Grupo Planeta) to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. Its prize is €30,000 and publication of the winning work.[1] It is delivered in February, to a work from the preceding year.
On 14 June 1958, a jury comprising literary critics Josep Maria Castellet and José María Valverde, and editors Víctor Seix (editorial director), Juan Petit (literary director) and Carlos Barral (director of the collection), gave the inaugural award in Sitges, Barcelona. As stated by members of the jury, it was intended to encourage young writers and the renewal of Spanish literature.[2]
Due to the death of Juan Petit in January 1964 (replaced as literary director by Gabriel Ferrater), the exile of José María Valverde to Canada in 1967, and the death of Víctor Seix in October of that year, the jury was joined by Salvador Clotas , Luis Goytisolo, and Juan García Hortelano for subsequent editions. The bases were also modified: for a few years the award took Petit's name as a tribute. In the same way, the Spanish political situation dictated that, in some editions, eligibility was extended to any Iberian Romance language, although no works in Catalan or Portuguese were awarded.
The 1971 edition's jury comprised Luis Goytisolo, Juan Rulfo, Joan Ferraté i Soler, and Pere Gimferrer, with Guillermo Cabrera Infante joining in 1972. However, in 1973 the award ceased to be given due to numerous internal factors (dissensions within the publisher) and external factors (problems with censorship).[2]
In 1998, Basilio Baltasar, the new literary director of Seix Barral (by this time part of Grupo Planeta), decided to reconvene the prize, with the aim of recovering the spirit with which it was born, trying to recognize both Spanish and Latin American authors.[2][3]
Year | Novel | Author | Nationality | ISBN. | Ref. |
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1999 | En busca de Klingsor | Jorge Volpi | Mexican | 9780061626722 | [3] |
2000 | Los impacientes | Gonzalo Garcés | Argentine | 9788432210648 | [15] |
2001 | Velódromo de invierno | Juana Salabert | Spanish | 9788420684437 | [16] |
2002 | Satanás | Mario Mendoza | Colombian | 9789584226365 | [17] |
2003 | Los príncipes nubios | Juan Bonilla | Spanish | 9788432217876 | [18] |
2004 | La burla del tiempo | Mauricio Electorat | Chilean | 9788432211799 | [19] |
2005 | Una palabra tuya | Elvira Lindo | Spanish | 9788432290091 | [20] |
2006 | La segunda mujer | Luisa Castro | Spanish | 9788432217609 | [21] |
2007 | El séptimo velo | Juan Manuel de Prada | Spanish | 9780061626692 | [22] |
2008 | El infinito en la palma de la mano | Gioconda Belli | Nicaraguan | 9780062242006 | [23] |
2009 | Corazón de napalm | Clara Usón | Spanish | 9788432225611 | [24] |
2010 | El oficinista | Guillermo Saccomanno | Argentine | 9788432291227 | [25] |
2011 | Leonora | Elena Poniatowska | Mexican | 9781846688553 | [26] |
2012 | El jardín colgante | Javier Calvo | Spanish | 9788432209949 | [27] |
2013 | Música de cámara | Rosa Regàs | Spanish | 9788432219436 | [28] |
2014 | Ávidas pretensiones | Fernando Aramburu | Spanish | 9788432222863 | [29] |
2015 | La isla del padre | Fernando Marías Amondo | Spanish | 9788432224850 | [30] |
2016 | El Sistema | Ricardo Menéndez Salmón | Spanish | 9788432229244 | [31] |
2017 | A cielo abierto | Antonio Iturbe | Spanish | 9788432232480 | [32] |
2018 | Trilogía de la guerra | Agustín Fernández Mallo | Spanish | 9788432233784 | [1] |
2019 | Días sin ti | Elvira Sastre | Spanish | 9788432234958 | [33] |
2020 | Noche y océano | Raquel Taranilla | Spanish | 9788432236549 | [34] |
2021 | Trigo limpio | Juan Gil Navarro | Spanish | 9788432237911 | [35] |
2022 | Lugar seguro | Isaac Rosa | Spanish | 9788432239830 | [36] |
2023 | La educación física | Rosario Villajos | Spanish | 9788432241840 | [37] |