The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish

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, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher

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to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is the most valuable literary award in the world for an author or book, with the winner receiving €1,000,000. It was created by José Manuel Lara Hernández in 1952 and is awarded on 15 October, St Teresa's day, Teresa being the name of Lara's wife. Since 1974 there has also been an award to the runner up, which now stands at €200,000.

Criticism

In recent years its credibility has been called into question, with the first prize often awarded to authors published by Planeta, and the second to less known authors. The award has been declined by

Miguel Delibes Miguel Delibes Setién MML (; 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, wh ...

and

Ernesto Sábato Ernesto Sabato (; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary ...

, both Planeta authors. In 2005, an Argentinian court fined Planeta 10,000

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s after finding that there had been fraud in awarding the Argentinian version of the prize to Ricardo Piglia in 1997.''Clarin''
While the manuscripts are presented under a pseudonym, it is not unusual for the names of the winners to be leaked days or weeks before the official announcement.

List of winners

Winners listed first, followed by runners up:

References

External links

Editorial Planeta - Premio Planeta
{{Authority control Novel awards Spanish literary awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers Spanish-language literary awards Awards established in 1952 Planeta literary awards 1952 establishments in Spain

Criticism

List of winners

See also

References

External links