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 originally created by Spain's Ministry of Information and Tourism in 1970. The modern form of the award was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government (diputación) of Alicante together with the publishing house Editorial Planeta.
The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the "Generation of 98", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruiz (1873–1967), who used to sign his works with the pseudonym Azorín.
The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives €68,000 (some 93,000 US dollars). As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel.
List of winners +Winners of the Azorín Award for Best NovelYear Title Author1990Tras el verde Alicia Plante1994 La novela de Pepe AnsúrezGonzalo Torrente Ballester 1995 El burdel de Lord Byron1996 La cárcel del amorLuis Racionero 1997 El último banqueteJesús Ferrero1998 El hombre, la hembra y el hambreDaína Chaviano1999 Bajarás al reino de la tierraJosé Luis Ferris2000 Cielos de barroDulce Chacón2001 El secreto de la lejíaLuisa Castro2002La muerte blancaEugenia Rico2003 Dios se ha idoJavier García Sánchez2004El secreto de Orcelis 2005 El penúltimo sueñoÁngela Becerra2006La crin de Damocles2007 La caza salvajeJon Juaristi2008 Pólvora negra2009 El arte de perder Lola Beccaria2010 El amor del reyBegoña Aranguren Gárate2011 Indian Express2012 CaprichoAlmudena de Arteaga2013 La mujer que lloraZoé Valdés2014 Hotel Paradiso2015 Sus ojos en míFernando Delgado2016 Dispara a la luna2017 Llamadme AlejandraEspido Freire2020 La vida desnudaMónica Carrillo
References
External links Azorín Award at Editorial Planeta