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Belén López Peiró wins the English PEN Translates Award 2024 for Why Did You Come Back Every Summer, translated to English by Maureen Shaugnessy and published by Charco Press.

Books from 11 regions and 10 languages have won English PEN’s flagship translation awards. The awards include novels, short story collections, poetry, non-fiction and autofiction.

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Imma Monsó wins the Òmnium Prize for Best Novel of the Year 2023 for La mestra i la bèstia (The Teacher and the Beast).

Established in 2017, the award aims to promote the best Catalan literature and is inspired by similar awards such as the French Goncourt and the British Booker.

La mestra i la bèstia is a novel that portrays the story of a special person, a woman who grows up in the silence of the Franco regime...

Ramon Gener has been awarded the 2024 Ramon Llull Novel Prize, one of the most prestigious literary award in the Catalan language, for his novel Història d'un piano (History of a Piano).

Following a career as a baritone spanning various years, Ramon Gener (1967)  began a new stage of his life as a music promoter and writer, giving conferences on classical music and opera. He is best known for his international TV...

Muere Miguel Barroso (Zaragoza, 1953 - Madrid, enero de 2024), periodista, escritor y secretario de Estado de Comunicación durante los años 2004 y 2005.

Fue autor de dos libros que retratan dos momentos clave de Cuba, antes y después de la Revolución. Por un lado, Amanecer con hormigas en la boca (1999), una novela negra ambientada en La Habana efervescente de los años 50. La dictadura de Batista y sus relaciones...

Las novelas A casa teníem un himne, de Maria Climent, La mestra i la Bèstia, de Imma Monsó y Una vegada va ser estiu la nit sencera, de Elisabet Riera, optan a ganar la séptima edición del Premio Òmnium a la Mejor Novela del Año en catalán.

El jurado del Premio Òmnium ha decidido escoger la novela de Maria Climent como una de las finalistas de la edición de este año “por la descripción de una relación entre mujeres...

Mexican author Gabriela Jáuregui has been awarded the 2023 Bellas Artes Colima Narrative Prize for her novel Feral.

Published by Sexto Piso in June 2023, the novel delves into complex themes such as femicide, the visceral pain of loss, and the slow and arduous path of seeking justice through institutions. Feral is also an ode to friendship and community in contrast to today's hyper-individualized world.

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Javier Cercas has been awarded the I Literary Prize 'El Viento de la Luna' by the XV Festival del Cine y la Palabra (CiBRA).

Festival del Cine y la Palabra (CiBRA) is a film and literary exhibition held annually in Toledo, where films based on scripts adapted from a work, whose previous support has been a novel, essay, theater, or graphic novel (comic), are screened.

Javier Cercas is one of the most internationally...

Lorenzo Silva was awarded the Antonio de Sancha Award 2023 for "the quality and popularity of his books and journalistic articles, as well as his constant defense of the rights of authors and publishers in our country and beyond our borders" on October 26th in Madrid.

The jury of the Association of Publishers of Madrid (AEM) recognized that "Lorenzo Silva not only finds fascinating stories but constructs and defines...

José Ovejero ha ganado el XVIII Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española por su obra Mientras estamos muertos, publicada por la editorial Páginas de Espuma en 2022. El galardón es concedido por el Ayuntamiento de Zafra a la mejor novela escrita en castellano, impresa y editada el año anterior.

Mientras estamos muertos cuenta la historia de una familia de clase obrera que va progresando en los años opresivos del...

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial and Agencia Literaria Carmen Balcells announced yesterday, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, that Gabriel García Márquez's posthumous novel, En agosto nos vemos (Until August), will be published on the author's birthday, next March 6. They also unveiled the cover, featuring an illustration by the Spanish artist David de las Heras, one of the most prestigious cover artists today.

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