The Planet Prize ( Spanish: Premio Planeta ) is a literary prize awarded since 1952 in Spain for the best unpublished novel in Spanish . Along with the Nadal Prize, it is an influential award in Spanish literature.
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The Planet Award was founded by Jose Manuel Lara Hernandez, founder of the Grupo Planeta media concern, and is awarded by the publisher of the same name. Writers submit their manuscripts to the jury under a pseudonym so that he does not know the author’s real name, therefore previously unknown writers often receive Planet prizes. The award ceremony is held annually in October in Barcelona . In terms of its monetary component of 601 thousand euros, the Planet prize takes the second place in the world after the Nobel Prize in literature . Since 1974, the Planet prize of 150,250 euros has also been awarded for the second novel, which reached the final.
Planet Prize Laureates
- 1952 - Juan Jose Mira (Spain) for En la noche no hay caminos
- 1953 - Santiago Loren (Spain) for Una casa con goteras
- 1954 - Ana Maria Matute (Spain) for the Little Theater / Pequeño teatro
- 1955 - Antonio Prieto Martin (Spain) for Tres pisadas de hombre
- 1956 - Carmen Kurtz (Spain) for El desconocido
- 1957 - Emilio Romero Gomez (Spain) for La paz empieza nunca
- 1958 - Fernando Bermudez de Castro (Spain) for Pasos sin huellas
- 1959 - Andres Bosch (Spain) for La noche
- 1960 - Thomas Salvador (Spain) for El atentado
- 1961 - Torcuato Luca de Tena (Spain) for La mujer de otro
- 1962 - Angel Vasquez Molina (Spain) for Se enciende y se apaga una luz
- 1963 - Luis Romero (Spain) for El cacique
- 1964 - Concha Alos (Spain) for Las hogueras
- 1965 - Rodrigo Rubio (Spain) for Equipaje de amor para la tierra
- 1966 - Marta Portal (Spain) for A tientas ya ciegas
- 1967 - Angel Maria de Lera (Spain) for The Last Banners / Las últimas banderas
- 1968 - Manuel Ferrand (Spain) for Con la noche a cuestas
- 1969 - Ramon Sender (Spain) for En la vida de Ignacio Morel
- 1970 - Marcos Aginis (Argentina) for La cruz invertida
- 1971 - Jose Maria Hironella (Spain) for Condenados a vivir
- 1972 - Jesus Zarate (Colombia) for the “Prison” / La cárcel
- 1973 - Carlos Rojas Vila (Spain) for Asanya / Azaña
- 1974 - Javier Bengerel (Spain) for Icaria, Icaria ...
- 1975 - Mercedes Salisachs (Spain) for La gangrena
- 1976 - Jesus Torbado (Spain) for En el día de hoy
- 1977 - Jorge Semprun (Spain) for "Autobiography of Federico Sanchez" / Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez
- 1978 - Juan Mars (Spain) for “Girl in Golden Panties” / La muchacha de las bragas de oro
- 1979 - Manuel Vazquez Montalban (Spain) for the "South Seas" / Los mares del Sur
- 1980 - Antonio Larreta (Uruguay) for “Who Killed the Duchess of Alba, or Volavernt” / Volavérunt
- 1981 - Cristobal Zaragoza (Spain) for Y Dios en la última playa
- 1982 - Jesus Fernandez Santos (Spain) for Jaque a la Dama
- 1983 - Jose Luis Olaisola (Spain) for La guerra del general Escobar
- 1984 - Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma (Spain) for Crónica sentimental en rojo
- 1985 - Juan Antonio Vallejo Nager (Spain) for Yo, el rey
- 1986 - Terency Mosh (Spain) for “Don't Tell Me It Was a Dream” / No digas que fue un sueño
- 1987 - Juan Eslava Galan (Spain) for “In Search of the Unicorn” / En busca del unicornio
- 1988 - Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (Spain) for "Filomeno, unfortunately for me" / Filomeno, a mi pesar
- 1989 - Soledad Puertolas (Spain) for Queda la noche
- 1990 - Antonio Gala (Spain) for El manuscrito carmesí
- 1991 - Antonio Muñoz Molina (Spain) for the Polish Horseman / El jinete polaco
- 1992 - Fernando Sanchez Drago (Spain) for La prueba del laberinto
- 1993 - Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) for "Lituma in the Andes" / Lituma en los Andes
- 1994 - Camilo Jose Cela (Spain) for La cruz de San Andrés
- 1995 - Fernando H. Delgado (Spain) for La mirada del otro
- 1996 - Fernando Schwartz (Spain) for El desencuentro
- 1997 - Juan Manuel de Prada (Spain) for “The Tempest” / La tempestad
- 1998 - Carmen Posadas (Spain) for “Little Meanness” / Pequeñas infamias
- 1999 - Espido Freire (Spain) for Frozen Peaches / Melocotones helados
- 2000 - Maruja Torres (Spain) for Mientras vivimos
- 2001 - Rosa Regas (Spain) for La canción de Dorotea
- 2002 - Alfredo Brice Ecenique (Peru) for “The Garden of My Love ” / El huerto de mi amada
- 2003 - Antonio Scarmeta (Chile) for El baile de la Victoria
- 2004 - Lucia Echevarria (Spain) for Un milagro en equilibrio
- 2005 - Maria de la Pau Haner (Spain) for Pasiones romanas
- 2006 - Alvaro Pombo (Spain) for “The Fate of Matilda Turpin” / La fortuna de Matilda Turpin
- 2007 - Juan Jose Millas (Spain) for El mundo
- 2008 - Fernando Savater (Spain) for “The Brotherhood of Happy People” / La Hermandad de la Buena Suerte
- 2009 - Angeles Caso (Spain) for “Towards the Wind” / Contra el viento
- 2010 - Eduardo Mendoza (Spain) for “Cat Swara. Madrid. 1936 "/ Riña de gatos. Madrid 1936
- 2011 - Javier Moro (Spain) for “The Empire is You” / El imperio eres tú
- 2012 - Lorenzo Silva (Spain) for the Meridian Label / La marca del meridiano
- 2013 - Clara Sanchez (Spain) for “The sky turned over” / El cielo ha vuelto
- 2014 - Jorge Cepeda Patterson (Mexico) for Milena o el fémur más bello del mundo
- 2015 - Alicia Jimenez Bartlett (Spain) for Hombres desnudos
- 2016 - Dolores Redondo (Spain) for Todo esto te daré
- 2017 - Javier Sierra (Spain) for El fuego invisible
- 2018 - Santiago Postecello (Spain) for Yo, Julia