Spanish literary prize
ThePremio Planeta de Novela is a Spanishliterary prize , awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisherGrupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is themost valuable literary award in the world for an author or book , with the winner receiving €1,000,000.[ 1] 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 byMiguel Delibes andErnesto Sábato , both Planeta authors.
In 2005, an Argentinian court fined Planeta 10,000pesos after finding that there had been fraud in awarding the Argentinian version of the prize toRicardo 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 byrunners up:
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