The Premio Torrente Ballester is a Spanish literary award, given annually by the for an unpublished narrative work in Castilian or Galician. It was established in 1989 and is named after the writer

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Life He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attendi ...

. Since 2016, the award is split into separate categories for Castilian- and Galician-language works.

List of laureates

1989–2015

* 1989. Pedro Crespo (in Castilian), ''La muerte en la boca'' * 1990. Vlady Kociancich (in Castilian), ''Todos los caminos'' * 1991. Ignacio Martínez de Pisón (in Castilian), ''Nuevo plano de la ciudad secreta'' * 1992. Victor F. Freixanes (in Galician), ''A cidade dos Césares'' * 1993. Antonio Pereira (in Castilian), ''Las ciudades de Poniente'' * 1994. José María Parreño (in Castilian), ''Las guerras civiles'' * 1995.

Manuel Rivas Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish writer, poet and journalist. Biography Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspap ...

(in Calician), ''¿Qué me queres, amor?'' * 1996. Xosé Carlos Caneiro (in Calician), ''Un xogo de apócrifos'' * 1997. Fernando Palazuelos (in Castilian), ''La trastienda azul'' * 1998. Francisco Javier Guzmán Fernández (in Castilian), ''La Brigada Lincoln''. * 1999. Carlos Martínez Montesinos (in Castilian), ''Una bandada de mujeres muertas'' * 2000. Xosé Vázquez Pintor (in Calician), ''A memoria do boi'' ** Finalist: Francisco López Serrano (in Castilian), ''Dios es Otra'' * 2001. César Gavela (in Castilian), ''El obispo de Cuando'' * 2002. Rubén Abella (in Castilian), ''La sombra del escapista'' * 2003. Xesús Constela (in Calician), ''As humanas proporcións'' * 2004.

Luisa Castro Luisa Castro (born 1966, in Foz, Lugo) is a Spanish writer and journalist who has published in Galician and Spanish. She has lived in Barcelona, New York City, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Naples and Bordeaux. She is currently Director of th ...

(in Castilian), ''Una patada en el culo'' (published as ''Podría hacerte daño'') * 2005.

Andrés Barba Andrés Barba (Madrid, 1975) is a Spanish writer and translator graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a degree in Philosophy. He has taught at Bowdoin College, the Complutense University of Madrid and Pri ...

(in Castilian), ''Versiones de Teresa'' * 2006.

José María Merino José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on 5 March 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. ( Ana Merino is also a poet.) He lived for several years in León and ...

(in Castilian), ''El lugar sin culpa'' ** Finalist: Xabier López López (in Galician), ''Trinta e dous dentes * 2007. Xosé Manuel Pacho Blanco (in Calician), ''A choiva do mundo'' * 2008. Carlos G. Reigosa (in Calician), ''O xornalista. A vida do outro'' * 2009. Milagros Frías (in Castilian), ''El verano de la nutria'' * 2010. José María Guelbenzu (in Castilian), ''El hermano pequeño'' * 2011. Esther Bendahan (in Castilian), ''Amor y ley. El tratado del alma gemela'' * 2012. Ernesto Pérez Zúñiga (in Castilian), ''La fuga del maestro Tartini'' * 2013. Jorge Eduardo Benavides (in Castilian), ''El enigma del convento'' * 2014. Berta Vias Mahou (in Castilian), ''Yo soy El Otro'' * 2015. Blanca Riestra (in Castilian), ''Greta en su laberinto''
La escritora coruñesa Blanca Riestra gana el XXVII Premio Torrente Ballester
�, '' El Diario'', 1 December 2015.

Since 2016

References

External links

Official website
Torrente Ballester Awards established in 1989 Fiction awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers Province of A Coruña Galician literature {{lit-award-stub