Literary Short Novel Casino de Mieres (Premio de Novela Casino de Mieres) is a Spanish literary prize awarded annually since 1980 in Mieres (Asturias) to an original and unpublished short novel. It is selected by an Award Committee consisting of great personalities from Asturias Literary and Arts circle.
History The Prize was established in 1980 by the President of Sociedad Casino de Mieres, Mr. Luis San Narciso Altamira, with a sponsorship deal from financial institution Cajastur. Initially, the award was formed by the first edition of the novel and an economic prize of 100.000 pesetas.
From its formation the Prize has been considered prestigious and its recognition has grown up, being considered nowadays as one of the most important Spanish literary prizes regarding reputation and quality of novels. Writers from Spain, Europe and South America have taken part in the running last years.
In 1996 the President of Cajastur, Mr. Manuel Menéndez Menéndez, decided to set the prize money at one million of pesetas (about ), given its notoriety and trajectory.
At present Currently this prize is awarded annually during a special ceremony called "Café Literario", in the second week of June, coinciding with Mieres Patron Saint's Day.
Many personalities from cultural scene attend this ceremony, in the Salón de los Espejos in Casino de Mieres facilities, and the Jury presents finalist works and the winner novel.
In fall a new celebration ceremony is carried out also in Mieres for the book launch, which is edited by KRK Ediciones from 2005.
Contestants and award All writers can participate, regardless of nationality, proposing original and unpublished works, from 80 to 130 pages, written in Spanish.
The Award is formed by the first edition of the novel and a monetary reward of 6,600 €.
Winning novels and awarded authors + Winning Novels & Awarded Authors YEAR NOVEL AUTHOR PROVINCE AUTHOR’S REMARKS LINKS 2011 Helena Kín Virginia C. Aguilera Zaragoza Graduada en Administración de Empresas 2010 La Balada del Trampero Sentimental Damián Torrijos Huesca Escritor 2009 El Sueño de la Impostura José Antonio Ramírez Lozano Badajoz Escritor https://www.escritoresdeextremadura.com/escritoresdeextremadura/documento/art078.htm 2008 Cuatro Cuentos de Amor y el Intocable Absurdo Inés Marful Amor Asturias Doctora en Literatura Española y Filosofía. Escritora 2007 Galeón de Tornaviaje José Manuel Parrilla Valencia Licenciado en Derecho 2006 La Noche Feroz Ricardo Menéndez Salmón Asturias Licenciado en Filosofía. Escritor 2005 Exteriores José María Casanovas Baile Barcelona Licenciado en Historia del Arte. Escritor 2004 Lavapies Ultramarinos Javier Rodríguez Pérez-Rasilla Cantabria Escritor. Novelista 2003 La Mujer del Número Áureo Ignacio Díaz Hernández Valencia Escritor 2002 La Quimera José Antonio Mases Asturias Escritor 2001 La Mujer Burkina Manuel Villar Raso Granada Catedrático https://www.ugr.es/~mvillarr/ 2000 Mientras fue Verano Esteban Greciet Aller Asturias Periodista https://el.tesorodeoviedo.es/index.php?title=Esteban_Greciet_Aller https://web.archive.org/web/20120328113455/http://www.escritoresdeturismo.com/docs/socios/fichas/esteban_greciet_aller.php 1999 Queda la Memoria Luis Rodríguez Muñoz Madrid Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales 1998 Babel José Luis Mediavilla Burgos Médico. Doctor en Neurología y Psiquiatría. Académico de la Real Academia de Medicina de Asturias-León https://web.archive.org/web/20120328113448/http://www.rampra.org/PDF/Jose%20Luis%20Mediavilla%20Ruiz.pdf 1997 Como Pez en la Arena Patricia Mateo Anula Cuenca Licenciada en Ciencias de la Información 1996 Soledad de Entonces Domingo Henares Martínez Albacete Catedrático de Literatura 1995 Retablo de la Glorieta Mariano Tudela La Coruña Periodista. Guionista 1994 Tardes de Chocolate Raúl Torres Herreros Cuenca Periodista. Novelista http://mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=torres-herreros-raul 1993 Memorias de un Seductor Alfredo Macías Macías Huelva Periodista. Novelista. Publicista http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/opencms/export/bibliotecas/bibhuelva/informlocal/autores/alfredoMacias.html 1992 La Pólvora y la Sangre Óscar Muñíz Asturias Abogado. Escritor. Historiador 1991 Un Viaje Diabólico Ernesto Salanova Matas Asturias Abogado. Historiador. Novelista 1990 Llanto en Isla Negra José Manuel Costas Goberna Pontevedra Catedrático de Historia en Salamanca 1989 Entre las Ruinas Blas Parra Díaz Valencia Director General Del Archivo Municipal de Valencia 1988 El Paso de Faes José Ignacio Gracia Noriega Asturias Novelista. Biógrafo premiado. Ensayista. Columnista 1987 Fuentes Fugitivas Meliano Peraile Cuenca Crítico de actualidad https://web.archive.org/web/20120213140654/http://www.ateneocultural1mayo.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=120&Itemid=177 1986 Diálogo del Éxodo Luis Fernández Roces Asturias Escritor. Titulado ATS http://www.vivirasturias.com/asturias/langreo/fernandez-roces-jose-luis/es 1985 Reencuentro Teresa Barbero Ávila Novelista premiada. Documentalista del INI 1984 La Ternura del Dragón Ignacio Martínez de Pisón Zaragoza Licenciado. Columnista del Diario ABC en Madrid 1983 Los Amantes del Sol Poniente Ramón Hernández Madrid Ingeniero de Montes. Escritor https://www.aache.com/alcarrians/hernandez.htm 1982 El Sueño de la Razón Francisco González Orejas Asturias Periodista. Ejecutivo de TVE del Principado de Asturias 1981 La Escalera en el Aire Andrés Quintanilla Buey Valladolid Crítico de Teatro. Escritor 1980 Viage de los Cavalleros sin Rostro Eduardo Méndez Riestra Asturias Escritor. Novelista https://el.tesorodeoviedo.es/index.php?title=Eduardo_M%C3%A9ndez_Riestra
See also List of literary awards Spanish literature
References
External links Award: https://web.archive.org/web/20120321100151/http://becas.universia.es/ES/beca/55366/xxxii-premio-novela-casino-mieres.html Victor Alperi (member of the jury): http://www.vivirasturias.com/asturias/mieres/alperi,-victor/es, http://fusionasturias.com/entrevistas/entrevistas/cada-escritor-tiene-un-mundo-personal-victor-alperi-escritor.htm Faustino F. Álvarez (member of the jury): https://web.archive.org/web/20120328055109/http://archivo.lavozdeasturias.es/html/42411.html Ramón Hernández (member of the jury): https://www.aache.com/alcarrians/hernandez.htm Celso Antuña Suárez (member of the jury): https://web.archive.org/web/20120328113448/http://www.abogadoantunasuarez.com/ /