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The Carmen Balcells Literary Agency has been awarded the Escribidores Prize for Cultural Dissemination at the fourth edition of the Escribidores Literary Festival of America and Europe, held in Málaga from February 5 to 8.

This award recognizes the agency’s role in transforming the Spanish-language publishing market and promoting literature on an international scale.

Under the theme Fusion, Mestizaje, and Word, the...

Argentine Writer Guillermo Saccomanno Wins the 2025 Alfaguara Novel Prize

Argentine writer Guillermo Saccomanno has been awarded the 2025 Alfaguara Novel Prize for Arderá el viento (The Wind Will Burn), submitted to the competition under the pseudonym Jim, “a homage to Conrad and to the character who turns failure into success,” according to Saccomanno.

The prize, now in its 27th edition, is one of Spain's most...

On Friday, December 13, Marcelo Birmajer received the 2024 Trayectoria Artística Award in the Literature category, granted by Argentina’s National Fund for the Arts (FNA). This honour is part of the 2024 Trayectoria Awards, which highlight key figures across various disciplines of Argentine culture. During the ceremony, the author was celebrated not only for his outstanding literary work but also for his influence on...

Based on the masterpiece by Gabriel García Márquez, and directed by Laura Mora and Alex García Lopez, One Hundred Years of Solitude represents one of the most ambitious and anticipated cinematographic projects in the history of Latin America. This series was filmed in its entirety in Colombia and the producers include the two sons of the Colombian Nobel Prize for Literature, Rodrigo and Gonzalo García Barcha.

The...

Javier Cercas was officially inducted as a member of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) in a ceremony held on Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Madrid. Cercas has now taken over the 'R' chair, a prestigious seat in the academy that was previously held by the late novelist Javier Marías. During the ceremony, Cercas honored Marías, his predecessor, paying tribute to the renowned writer's literary contributions and his legacy....

Mempo Giardinelli has received the XIII Caccuri Literary Award, granted by the Italian Chamber of Deputies, in recognition of his literary career and ties to Italian culture.

In 2007, he had already won Italy's Grinzane-Montagna Award from the Grinzane-Cavour Foundation for the Italian version of Final de Novela en Patagonia, and two years later he was honoured with the Giuseppe Acerbi Award for "best travel...

The writer and dear friend Antonio Skármeta passed away on 15th October 2024 in Santiago, Chile. He was the author of Ardiente paciencia (El cartero de Neruda), a story of love and friendship that brought him international fame, as well as novels, short stories and plays, which gave rise to great films, and which have made him one of the most widely read and loved Chilean authors in the world.

His literary work has...

Carme Riera has received the 2024 José Luis Sampedro Award from the city of Getafe. She will collect the award as part of the Getafe Negro Festival, which will take place this year from October 19 to 27.

The José Luis Sampedro Award was established by Getafe Negro in 2009, with Sampedro himself as its first recipient in a tribute held during the festival's third edition. Since then, it has been awarded to authors...

Teresa Muñoz wins the 39th Ramon Muntaner Prize for Young Adult Novel with Bereshit, a fantastical and striking story in which witches take center stage. 

Bereshit deals with adolescent grief through Greta, a seventeen-year-old girl who loses her sister in a traffic accident.  

With this work, the author also seeks to honor the role of "healers," who were tortured and burned. "As authors of young adult literature,...

Els nostres autors a La Setmana del Llibre en Català.
Lloc: Passeig Lluís Companys, Barcelona.

21 de setembre
RAMÓN GENER
Presentació del llibre Història d’un piano, amb Glòria Gasch.
13:00 h. Escenari 1

DAVID CIRICI
Taula rodona de novel·la distòpica sobre Estimat avatar, amb Aniol Florensa i Ricard Ruiz Garzón
17:30 h. Escenari 1

CARME SOLÉ VENDRELL
Signatura dels llibres Un dia de pluja i flors i Fab, el monstre groc
17:30...