Spanish literary prize
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize , awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is the most valuable literary award in the world for an author or book , with the winner receiving €1,000,000.[ 1] It was created by José Manuel Lara Hernández in 1952 and is awarded on 15 October, St Teresa 's day, Teresa being the name of Lara's wife.
Since 1974 there has also been an award to the runner up, which now stands at €200,000.[ 2]
In recent years its credibility has been called into question, with the first prize often awarded to authors published by Planeta, and the second to less known authors. The award has been declined by Miguel Delibes and Ernesto Sábato , both Planeta authors.
In 2005, an Argentinian court fined Planeta 10,000 pesos after finding that there had been fraud in awarding the Argentinian version of the prize to Ricardo Piglia in 1997.[ 3]
While the manuscripts are presented under a pseudonym, it is not unusual for the names of the winners to be leaked days or weeks before the official announcement.[citation needed ]
Winners listed first, followed by runners up:
^ " 'Female' winner of Spain's €1M Planeta Literary Prize turns out to be three middle-aged men" . The Olive Press . October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021 .
^ "Cuánto dinero se lleva Sonsoles Ónega por ganar el Premio Planeta 2023" . ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2024-06-24 .
^ Clarin (in Spanish)
^ Paniagua, Santiago (16 October 2022). "La aragonesa Luz Gabás gana el Premio Planeta 2022" . Heraldo . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Graham-Harrison, Emma; Jones, Sam (16 October 2021). "Female Spanish thriller writer Carmen Mola revealed to be three men" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 October 2021 .
^ Ventura, Daniel (15 October 2021). "Carmen Mola y Paloma Sánchez-Garnica, ganadora y finalista del Premio Planeta" . HuffPost .
^ Xavi Ayén (October 15, 2018). "Santiago Posteguillo, ganador del Premio Planeta" . La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
^ Matias Nespolo (October 15, 2017). "Javier Sierra se alza con el Premio Planeta con una historia del santo Grial" . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
^ Matias Nespolo (October 15, 2016). "Dolores Redondo logra el Premio Planeta por su maestría policiaca" . El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2016 .
^ a b Carles Geli (October 16, 2015). "Giménez Bartlett gana el Planeta con una obra sobre prostitución masculina" . El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2015 .
^ a b Carles Geli (October 16, 2014). "Un 'thriller' sobre una red de prostitución da a Zepeda el Planeta" . El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2015 .
^ a b Carles Geli (October 16, 2013). "Clara Sánchez se alza con el Planeta" . El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2015 .
^ Carles Geli (October 16, 2012). "Los guardias civiles de Lorenzo Silva ganan el Planeta" . El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved October 16, 2012 .
^ "Lorenzo Silva Wins Spain's Literary Planeta Prize" . Fox News Latino . October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012 .
^ "Javier Moro Wins Spain's Planeta Prize" . Latin American Herald Tribune . Retrieved October 16, 2012 .
^ "Premio Planeta 2010" (in Spanish). Planeta. Retrieved 2010-10-15 .
^ "Spain: Pre-Civil War Novel Wins Major Prize" . ABC news. Retrieved 2010-10-15 .