Premio Azorín

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.

Winners of the Azorín Award for Best Novel
Year Winner Novel Author
1994 La novela de Pepe Ansúrez Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
1995 El burdel de Lord ByronLuis Antonio de Villena
1996 La cárcel del amorLuis Racionero
1997 El último banqueteJesús Ferrero
1998 El hombre, la hembra y el hambreDaína Chaviano
1999 Bajarás al reino de la tierraJosé Luis Ferris
2000 Cielos de barroDulce Chacón
2001 El secreto de la lejíaLuisa Castro
2002 La muerte blancaEugenia Rico
2003 Dios se ha idoJavier García Sánchez
2004 El secreto de Orcelis Manuel Mira
2005 El penúltimo sueñoÁngela Becerra
2006 La crin de DamoclesJavier Pérez
2007 La caza salvajeJon Juaristi
2008 Pólvora negraMontero Glez
2009 El arte de perder Lola Beccaria

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