The National Literature Prize for Narrative (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Literatura en la modalidad de Narrativa'') is a prize awarded by Spain's Ministry of Culture for a novel written by a Spanish author in any of the languages of Spain. The prize is 20,000

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s. Prior to 1977, the prize appeared and disappeared several times, being given by different institutions.

Past winners

* 1924 –

Huberto Pérez de la Ossa Huberto Pérez de la Ossa Rodríguez (born Albacete, 1897– died Salamanca, 31 August 1983) was a Spanish writer and theatre director. His published work includes ''El ancla de Jasón'' (1921), ''La lámpara del dolor'' (1923), ''El opio del ensue ...

(1897–1983), for ''La Santa Duquesa'' * 1925 – No award * 1926 – Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885–1964), for ''Las siete columnas'' * 1927 –

Concha Espina María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle, short form Concha Espina (15 April 1869 or 1877 or 1 April 1879 or 15 April 1879 in Santander – 19 May 1955 in Madrid), was a Spanish writer. She was nominated for ...

(1º) (1869–1955), for ''Altar mayor'' * 1928 – No award * 1929 – No award * 1930 – No award * 1931 –

Mauricio Bacarisse Mauricio may refer to: *Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 M ...

(1895–1931), for ''Los terribles amores de Agliberto y Celedonia'' * 1932 –

Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and la ...

(1903–1965), for ''Flor de leyendas'' * 1933 – No award * 1934 – No award * 1935 –

Ramón J. Sender Ramón José Sender Garcés (3 February 1901 – 16 January 1982) was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including ''Seven ...

(1901–1982), for ''Míster Witt en el cantón'' * 1936 – Ricardo Baroja (1917–1988), for ''La nao Capitana'' * 1937 – No award * 1938 – No award * 1939 – No award * 1940 – No award * 1941 – No award * 1942 – No award * 1943 –

Rafael García Serrano Rafael García Serrano (11 February 1917 – 12 October 1988) was a Spanish writer and journalist who held a Falangist ideology. As a teenager he joined the Spanish Falange and participated as a combatant on the Nationalist side in the Spanish C ...

(1917–1988), for ''La fiel Infantería'' * 1944 – No award * 1945 – No award * 1946 – No award * 1947 –

Vicente Escrivá Vicente Escrivá (1 June 1913 – 18 April 1999) was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He worked on more than 50 films between 1948 and 1999. Selected filmography * '' Agustina of Aragon'' (1950) * ''Our Lady of Fatim ...

(1913–1999), for ''Jornadas de Miguel de Cervantes'' * 1948 – Juan Antonio Zunzunegui (1º) (1900–1982), for ''La úlcera'' * 1949 – No award * 1950 –

(1869–1955), for ''Valle en el mar'' * 1952 – José María Sánchez-Silva (1911–2002), for ''Marcelino pan y vino'' * 1953 – José María Gironella (1917–2003), for ''Los cipreses creen en Dios'' * 1954 – Tomás Salvador (1921–1984), for ''Cuerda de presos'' * 1955 – José Luis Castillo-Puche (1919–2004), for ''Con la muerte al hombro'' (1º) * 1956 – Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), for ''Diario de un cazador'' (1º) * 1957 –

Carmen Laforet Carmen Laforet (Barcelona 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004) was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature ...

(1921–2004), for ''La mujer nueva'' * 1958 – Alejandro Núñez Alonso (1905–1982), for ''El lazo de púrpura'' * 1959 – Ana María Matute (1925–2014), for ''Los hijos muertos'' * 1960 –

Daniel Sueiro Daniel Sueiro (1931-1986) was a Spanish author and journalist. He was born in A Coruña, La Coruña and died in Madrid. He is best known for two of his ten books: the short story collection ''Los conspiradores'' (1959) which won the National Prize ...

(1936–1986), for ''Los conspiradores'' * 1961 –

Manuel Halcón Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

(1900–1989), for ''Monólogos de una mujer fría'' * 1962 – Torcuato Luca de Tena (1923–1999), for ''Embajador en el infierno'' * 1963 – Emilio Romero (1917–2003), for ''Cartas a un príncipe'' * 1964 –

Salvador García de Pruneda Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

(1912–1996), for ''La encrucijada de Carabanchel'' * 1965 –

Ignacio Agustí Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...

(1913–1974), for ''19 de julio'' * 1968 – Carlos Rojas (1928-2020), for ''Auto de fe'' * 1975 –

Aquilino Duque Aquilino Duque Gimeno (January 6, 1931 – September 18, 2021) was a Spanish poet and writer. He received the National Literature Prize for Narrative in 1974. References 1931 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Spanish poets University of ...

(1931–2021), for ''El mono azul'' * 1977 –

José Luis Acquaroni José Luis Acquaroni (1919–1983) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Madrid, although he went to Sanlúcar de Barrameda at a young age, where he spent his childhood and part of his youth. Work His novel ''Copa de sombra'' (Shadow Cup), which r ...

(1919–1983), for ''Copa de sombra'' * 1978 –

Carmen Martín Gaite Carmen Martín Gaite (8 December 1925 – 23 July 2000) was a Spanish author. She wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays, across many genres. Gaite was awarded the Premio Nadal in 1957 for '' Entre visillos'', the Prince ...

(1925–2000), for ''El cuarto de atrás'' * 1979 –

Jesús Fernández Santos Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Act ...

(1926–1988), for ''Extramuros'' * 1980 – Alonso Zamora Vicente (1916–2006), for ''Mesa, sobremesa'' * 1981 –

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 ...

(1910–1999), for ''La isla de los jacintos cortados'' * 1982 – José Luis Castillo-Puche (1919–2004), for ''Conocerás el poso de la nada'' (2º) * 1983 – Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), for ''Recuerdos y olvidos: 1. El exilio'' * 1984 –

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...

(1916–2002), for ''Mazurca para dos muertos'' * 1985 – It was not awarded * 1986 – Alfredo Conde (1945), for ''Xa vai o griffón no vento'' (Galician) * 1987 – Luis Mateo Díez (1942), for ''La fuente de la edad'' (1º) * 1988 –

Antonio Muñoz Molina Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for lit ...

(1956), for ''El invierno en Lisboa'' (1º) * 1989 – Bernardo Atxaga (1951), for ''

Obabakoak ''Obabakoak'' is a 1988 novel by the Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga. The title can be translated as "Those from Obaba". The book won the National Novel Prize. It is the most internationally successful book in Basque and has been translated into num ...

'' (Basque) * 1990 –

Luis Landero Luis Landero (born 1948) is a Spanish writer. He was born in Alburquerque, Badajoz Alburquerque () is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is very close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominio ...

(1948), for ''Juegos de la edad tardía'' * 1991 –

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Catalonia: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and a FC ...

(1939–2003), for ''

Galíndez ''Galíndez'' is a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published in 1990. It centres on a real, dramatic and dark episode of the history of the Dominican Republic: the kidnapping, torturing and murdering of Jesús de Galíndez in 1956, representa ...

'' * 1992 –

(1956), for ''El jinete polaco'' (2º) * 1993 –

Luis Goytisolo Luis Goytisolo Gay (born 17 March 1935) is a Spanish Catalan writer in the Spanish language. He is best known for his tetralogy ''Antagony'', which was published between 1973 and 1981. Goytisolo is a member of the Real Academia Española. Car ...

(1935), for ''Estatua con palomas'' * 1994 – Gustavo Martín Garzo (1948), for ''El lenguaje de las fuentes'' * 1995 – Carme Riera (1948), for ''Dins el darrer blau'' (Catalan) * 1996 –

Manuel Rivas Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Galician 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 newspa ...

(1957), for ''Que me queres, amor? '' (Galician) * 1997 –

Álvaro Pombo Álvaro Pombo García de los Ríos (born 23 June 1939) is a Spanish poet, novelist and activist. Born in Santander, Cantabria, he studied at the Complutense University of Madrid and received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy at Birkbeck, Univers ...

(1939), for ''Donde las mujeres'' * 1998 –

Alfredo Bryce Echenique Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born February 19, 1939) is a Peruvian writer born in Lima. He has written numerous books and short stories. Early days Bryce was born to a Peruvian family of upper class, related to the Scottish-Peruvian businessman John ...

(1939), for ''Reo de nocturnidad'' * 1999 – Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), for ''El hereje'' (2º) * 2000 – Luis Mateo Díez (1942), for ''La ruina del cielo'' (2º) * 2001 –

Juan Marsé Juan Marsé Carbó (8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel ...

(1933), for ''Rabos de lagartija'' * 2002 –

Unai Elorriaga Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (born 22 June 1980) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major results Track ;2005 : 1st Points race, National Track Championships ;2006 : National Track C ...

(1973), for ''SPrako tranbia'' (Basque) * 2003 –

Suso de Toro Xesús Miguel "Suso" de Toro Santos (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer. A modern and contemporary arts graduate, he has published more than twenty novels and plays in Galician. He is a television scriptwriter and regular contributor ...

(1956), for ''Trece badaladas'' (Galician) * 2004 – Juan Manuel de Prada (1970), for ''La vida invisible'' * 2005 –

Alberto Méndez Alberto Méndez (August 27, 1941 – December 30, 2004) was a Spanish novelist. He graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and worked in publishing. His novel ''Los girasoles ciegos'' won several awards, including the Sentenil Pri ...

(1941–2004), for '' Los girasoles ciegos'' * 2006 –

Ramiro Pinilla Ramiro Pinilla (1923-2014) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Bilbao ( Basque Country) in 1923. He won the Premio Nadal Premio Nadal is a Spanish literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino, part of Planeta. It ha ...

(1923–2014), for ''Las cenizas del hierro'' * 2007 –

Vicente Molina Foix Vicente Molina Foix (born 18 October 1946) is a Spanish writer and film director. Biography Born in Elche in 1946, he studied at the Complutense University in Madrid and at the University of London. He taught Spanish literature at the Univer ...

(1946), for ''El abrecartas'' * 2008 –

Juan José Millás Juan José Millás (born 1946) is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia, Spain, Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, Spain, Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universida ...

(1946), for ''El mundo'' * 2009 – Kirmen Uribe (1970), for ''Bilbao-New York-Bilbao'' (Basque) * 2010 –

Javier Cercas Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...

(1962), for '' The Anatomy of a Moment'' * 2011 –

Marcos Giralt Torrente Marcos Giralt Torrente (born 1968) is a Spanish writer. Born in Madrid, he studied philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His first book, a collection of short stories called ''Entiéndame'', appeared in 1995. Since then, he has publ ...

(1968), for ''Tiempo de vida'' * 2012 – Javier Marías (1951), for '' The Infatuations'' (''Los enamoramientos'') (rejected) * 2013 –

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 cu ...

(1942), for ''El río del Edén'' * 2014 –

Rafael Chirbes Rafael Chirbes (27 June 1949 – 15 August 2015) was a Spanish novelist. He was born in Tavernes de la Valldigna in Valencia. He is the author of several novels, two of which have won the Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana - ''Cremato ...

(1949–2015), for ''En la orilla'' * 2015 – Ignacio Martínez de Pisón (1960), for ''La buena reputación'' * 2016 –

Cristina Fernández Cubas Cristina Fernández Cubas (Arenys de Mar, Barcelona province, 1945) is a Spanish writer and journalist. She has been described as "one of the most important writers who have begun to publish since the end of the Franco dictatorship" and has been ...

(1945), for ''La habitación de Nona'' * 2017 –

Fernando Aramburu Fernando Aramburu ( San Sebastián, 1959) is a Spanish writer. Career He graduated in Spanish Philology from University of Zaragoza and has been living and working as a lecturer in Spanish language in Germany since 1985. His 2006 novel ''Fuego ...

(1959), for ''Patria'' * 2018 –

Almudena Grandes María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. Author of 13 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won t ...

(1960) for ''Los pacientes del Doctor García'' * 2019 – Cristina García Morales (1985), for ''Lectura fácil'' * 2020 – Juan Bonilla (1966), for ''Totalidad sexual del cosmos'' * 2021 – Xesús Fraga (1971), for ''Virtudes (e misterios)'' (Galician) * 2022 – Marilar Aleixandre (1947), for ''As malas mulleres'' (Galician)

References

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External links

Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
1924 establishments in Spain Awards established in 1924 Spanish literary awards