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

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in 1970. The modern form of the award was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government (diputación) of

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together with Editorial Planeta (Planeta Publishing House). The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the so-called "

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", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz (1873-1967), who used to sign his works under the pseudonym of Azorín. The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives 68.000 € (some 93.000 dollars). As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel.

List of winners

References

External links

Azorín Award
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