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Fernando Lara Novel Award
The Fernando Lara Novel Award ( es, Premio Fernando Lara de Novela, links=no) is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. The publication of the finalist (runner-up) work is not expected, although it is sometimes published by Planeta itself (as in the case of ''The Shadow of the Wind'' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, finalist in 2000). Created in 1996, it is named after the youngest son of , founder of the publishing house, and who was CEO of Grupo Planeta until his death in a traffic accident in August 1995. The award's endowment is €120,200. It is delivered in May of the respective year. Winners References External links José Manuel Lara Foundation Fernando Lara Novel Awardat Grupo Planeta Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta (), is a Spanish mass media conglomerate operating in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. It is the world's leading Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Planeta
Planeta Corporación, S.R.L., doing business as Grupo Planeta (), is a Spanish mass media conglomerate operating in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America. It is the world's leading Spanish-language book publisher. Editorial Planeta, founded in 1949, was the seed of Grupo Planeta, which includes many more publishing imprints as well as other media assets. Planeta is the primary shareholder of the media group Atresmedia (dominating alongside Mediaset España the free-to-air television landscape in Spain under a duopoly) and the publisher of the Conservative newspaper '' La Razón''. Since 1952, Planeta awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. It is headquartered in Madrid. History and profile The company was founded as Editorial Planeta in 1949. was the founder of the company. Starting in 1952, the publishing group awards the Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. The company expanded from Spain to the Latin American market in the mid-1960s. In 1992, Planeta a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País and ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Giner
Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (other) * Gonzales (other) * Gonsalves (other) Gonsalves is an English-language variation of the Portuguese surname Goncalves, meaning 'son of Gonzalo'. People named Gonsalves include: Education * Timothy A. Gonsalves (born 1954), Indian academician and entrepreneur * Mary Emily Gonsalve ... * Gonçalves, a name {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángela Becerra
Ángela Becerra Acevedo (July 17, 1957) is a Colombian writer. She has won several awards such as the Premio Fernando Lara de Novela in 2019 ( Fernando Lara Novel Award), the Planeta-Casa de América Award ( Premio Planeta - Casa de América) in 2009, the Azorín Prize (Premio Azorín) in 2005 and four Chicago Latin Literary Awards, as well as the Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa. Her works have been translated into 23 languages and published in more than 50 countries. She is one of the most widely read Spanish-speaking authors, the most read Colombian writer after Gabriel García Márquez, and considered the creator of the Magical Idealism. First steps, life and years as a publicist Born in the Colombian city of Cali, she is the daughter of Marco Tulio Becerra and Cilia Acevedo, the fifth of seven children -5 women and 2 men. She read her first book when she was only 6, Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, determining her fascination for literature. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Razón (Madrid)
''La Razón'' (; ) is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain. It has the sixth-highest circulation among general-interest Spanish dailies, and the fourth-highest among those based in Madrid. The newspaper has satellite news bureaux, and local editions, in Barcelona, Murcia, Seville, Valencia and Valladolid. History and stance ''La Razón'' was founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón. The paper is owned by Grupo Planeta and based in Madrid. The newspaper's editorial stances are primarily neoliberal economically and conservative socially. The paper has also a rightist stance. Circulation ''La Razón'' had a circulation of 140,000 copies in 2003. The 2008 circulation of the paper was 153,024 copies. It was 124,284 copies in 2009, 118,466 copies in 2010 and 103,789 copies in 2011. Between July 2010 and June 2011 the paper had a circulation of 109,166 copies.Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain'Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, Retrieved 28 January 2012. Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonsoles Ónega
Sonsoles Ónega Salcedo (born 30 November 1977 in Madrid) is a Spanish journalist, TV presenter and writer. Biography The daughter of speechwriter Fernando Ónega and Marisol Salcedo, she received a journalism degree from the Universidad CEU San Pablo in Madrid. She is the sister of fellow journalist Cristina Ónega. She started her journalism career at CNN+ and joined ''Noticias Cuatro'' upon the launch of Cuatro in 2005. In 2008 she jumped ship to ''Informativos Telecinco'', where she was parliamentary correspondent at the Congreso de los Diputados for ten years. In 2004, she started a literary career with her short story ''Calle Habana, esquina Obispo'', and followed it up with ''Donde Dios no estuvo'', based on the 2004 train bombings. Her greatest success came in 2017 with the novel ''Después del amor'', set in the Second Republic. In 2018, she left her journalism post to host Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset Espa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica (born 1962) is a Spanish writer. She is the winner of the Fernando Lara Novel Award 2016 and the runner-up for Premio Planeta de Novela 2021. Early life and education Paloma Sánchez-Garnica was born in 1962, in Madrid, and grew up in Zaragoza. She studied law, geography and history. Career Sánchez-Garnica has written historical novels with elements of thrillers and mystery fiction. She won the Fernando Lara Novel Award with the novel ''Mi recuerdo es más fuerte que tu olvido'' (2016) and in 2021 became the runner-up for Premio Planeta de Novela The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is the ... with ''Últimos días en Berlín''. In 2016, her novel ''La sonata del silencio'' was adapted to TV as '' The Sonata of Silence''. Works * ''El gran a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Periódico De Catalunya
''El Periódico de Catalunya'' (, ), also simply known as ''El Periódico'', is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The paper publishes separate daily editions in Spanish and in Catalan. The two editions combined sell more than 125,000 copies per day, making ''El Periódico'' the second highest-circulated newspaper in Spain's Catalan-speaking regions, behind ''La Vanguardia'' which also publishes in both languages. Nationally, ''El Periódico'' was Spain's fifth-highest circulation general-interest daily in 2011. History and profile ''El Periódico'' was first published on 26 October 1978 by Antonio Asensio Pizarro to offer a progressive Catalan paper connected to Catalan socialism. The first editor was Antonio Franco. The paper has also center-left stance. The paper was owned by Grupo Zeta, which was purchased by Prensa Ibérica in May 2019. One of the most recent directors, Rafael Nadal, is the brother of the Catalan socialist leader Joaquim Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nativel Preciado
Natividad del Belén Preciado González (born 1 November 1948), known as Nativel Preciado, is a Spanish journalist and writer. Biography Nativel Preciado began her professional career at the '' Arriba'' (the official newspaper of Francoist Spain) in 1966, then moved to the now-defunct newspaper ', where she remained from 1967 to 1971. From 1974 to 1976 she was one of the contributors of '' Doblón'' magazine. Specializing in political news, she was a witness and reporter of the important events that took place during the Transition period for the newspaper ''ABC'' and the magazines ''Interviú'' and '' Vindicación Feminista''. In 1982 she joined the editorial staff of the newly created '' Tiempo'' magazine. Her activity as an opinion columnist in the written press has been combined with participation in discussions and debates both on radio and television. In the former medium, after collaborating with on the Onda Cero program ', she joined Cadena SER in 1996, and from then u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Opinión De Tenerife
''La Opinión de Tenerife'' is a newspaper of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). History and profile ''La Opinión de Tenerife'' was launched online on 11 September 1999 and distributed in print kiosks just ten days later, on 21 September 1999. It has its editorial and administrative offices in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and is printed in the workshops of San Cristóbal de La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna, ) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The city is the third-most populous ci .... It was one of the first newspaper to be directed by a woman, Carmen Ruano. References External links * 1999 establishments in Spain Mass media in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Daily newspapers published in Spain Publications established in 1999 Spanish-language newspapers {{Spain-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Robles
Marta Robles (born 30 June 1963) is a Spanish journalist and writer. Radio Marta Robles holds a degree in Information Sciences, Journalism branch, from the Complutense University of Madrid. Before graduating she began working at the magazine '' Tiempo'' in 1987. In 1989 she made the leap to the world of radio, presenting the program ''Caliente y frío'' on , at the same time as her early work in television, where she started in 1988. From there she went to Cadena SER, where she directed and presented an early-morning show entitled ''De la noche a la mañana''. On the same station she hosted ''El Serial'' in 1993, with and Luis Figuerola-Ferreti, and directed and presented ''Si amanece nos vamos'' from 1993 to 1994 and ' from 1994 to 1996. In 1998 she joined Onda Cero, where she directed and presented the afternoon program ''A toda radio'' until 2000. In 2001 she collaborated on 's program '. From September 2008 to June 2010 Robles worked on the program ''Queremos hablar'', pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gibson (author)
Ian Gibson (born 21 April 1939) is an Irish author and Hispanist known for his biographies of the poet Antonio Machado, the artist Salvador Dalí, the bibliographer Henry Spencer Ashbee, the filmmaker Luis Buñuel. and particularly his work on the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, for which he won several awards, including the 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. His work, ''La represión nacionalista de Granada en 1936 y la muerte de Federico García Lorca'' (''The Nationalist Repression of Granada in 1936 and the Death of Federico García Lorca'') was banned in Spain under Franco. Born in Dublin to a Methodist family, he was educated at Newtown School in Waterford and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin. He taught modern Spanish literature at Queen's University Belfast and the University of London before moving to Spain. His first novel, ''Viento del Sur'' (''Wind of the South'', 2001), written in Spanish, examines class, religion, family life, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
