The Golden Book Awards ( es, Premios Libro de Oro) were created to honor

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an and foreign best-selling books published in Uruguay. The prizes are awarded by the (CUL). The prizes are awarded each December in the categories general interest, nonfiction, children's and young adult fiction, and adult fiction for national and foreign books.

2013 winners

Uruguayan

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Cecilia Curbelo Cecilia Curbelo (Montevideo, 23 January 1975), also known as Ceci, is an Uruguayan journalist, columnist, writer and Book publishing, publishing. Books * 2017, Aunque ella esté * 2018, A la manera de Agustina * 2019, ''Lucas (e Inés) s ...

* ''Hasta la última gota'' by Federico Castillo and Horacio Varoli * ' by

International

* ''The One Direction Story'' by Danny White * ''

Fifty Shades of Grey ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...

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E. L. James Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling erotic romance trilogy ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Fifty Shades Darker'', and ''Fifty Shades Freed'', along with the companio ...

* ''Toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad'' by * ''2012 Chinese Horoscope'' by

2014 winners

Uruguayan

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Diego Fischer Diego Fischer Requena (born 1961) is a Uruguayan journalist and writer. Selected works * 1997, ''Al este de la historia'', (tres tomos) * 2004, ''Que nos abrace el viento'', * 2008, ''Al encuentro de las tres Marías'', * 2010, ''Qué tup� ...

* ' by Hugo Burel

International

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Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

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The Fault in Our Stars ''The Fault in Our Stars'' is a novel by John Green. It is his fourth solo novel, and sixth novel overall. It was published on January 10, 2012. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar'', in which the noble ...

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John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, YouTube Content creation, content creator, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including ''The Fault in Our Stars'' ( ...

2015 winners

Uruguayan

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* ''Una oveja negra al poder'' by Andrés Danza and Ernesto Tulbovitz * ''Educar sin culpa'' by Alejandro de Barbieri * ''Voces anónimas (Limbo)'' by Guillermo Lockhart

International

* ' by Isabel Allende * ''2014 Chinese Horoscope'' by Ludovica Squirru * ' by Juan Pablo Escobar * ''

Paper Towns ''Paper Towns'' is a novel written by John Green, primarily for an audience of young adults, and was published on October 16, 2008, by Dutton Books. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search fo ...

'' by John Green

2016 winners

Uruguayan

* ' by Diego Fischer * ' by

Ruperto Long Ruperto Long (born 23 December 1952 in Rosario, Uruguay), Uruguayan engineer, politician and writer. Biography Long got his engineering degree from the Universidad de la República; later he studied technology management Technology management i ...

* ''Los patos que no tiene ombligo'' by Susana Olaondo

International

* '' The Girl on the Train'' by Paula Hawkins * ' by

Pilar Sordo María del Pilar Sordo Martínez (born 22 October 1965) is a Chilean psychologist, columnist, lecturer, and writer. Her books are about research into interpersonal relationships, written in a style which is sometimes classified as personal develop ...

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016 as a two-part play, and it prem ...

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J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and Philanthropy, philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to ...

2017 winners

Uruguayan

* ''Lentejas'' by Susana Olaondo * ''Con los días contados'' by * ''Una historia americana'' by Fernando Butazzoni * ''2017 '' from the Crandon Institute

International

* ''Más allá del invierno'' by Isabel Allende * ''

Origin Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * Origin (comics), ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * The Origin (Buffy comic), ''The Origin'' (Bu ...

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Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), ''In ...

* ''Pablo Escobar in fraganti'' by Juan Pablo Escobar * ''Wigetta en las Dinolimpiadas'' by Vegetta777 and

Willyrex Guillermo Díaz Ibáñez, better known as Willyrex (born 9 May 1993), is a Spanish YouTube personality and author. He has two YouTube channels: Willyrex and TheWillyrex. , his YouTube channel TheWillyrex has over 12 million subscribers and 4.35& ...

* ''2017 Chinese Horoscope'' by Ludovica Squirru

References

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