The Alfaguara Novel Prize ( es, Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language
literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...
. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of
(about ) making it one of the
richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by
Alfaguara
Alfaguara is a Spanish-language publishing house that serves markets in Latin America, Spain and the United States. It was founded by the Spanish writer and Nobel prize winner Camilo José Cela.
History and profile
Alfaguara was established in ...
, a publisher owned by
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, from the merger of Penguin Group and Random House.
On April 2, 2020, Bertels ...
.
The prize was created in 1965 by Alfaguara and continued until 1972. In 1980 Alfaguara was purchased by
Grupo Santillana
Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González.
From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guid ...
. In 1998 the award was reconvened.
Winners
References
External links
Alfaguara Prize home page{{in lang, es
Spanish-language literary awards
International literary awards
Spanish literary awards
Awards established in 1997
Fiction awards
1997 establishments in Spain
Awards established in 1965
1965 establishments in Spain
Awards disestablished in 1972
1972 disestablishments in Spain