The Setenil Award ( es, Premio Setenil, links=no) is a literary prize for the best short story book published in Spain. Convened annually since 2004 by the municipality of
Molina de Segura
Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia.
It borders the towns of Las Torres de Cotillas, Alguazas, LorquÃ, Ulea, Archena, Ab ...
in Murcia, it is one of the most prestigious in the country. As of 2018 it confers an economic endowment of €10,000,
and the city council publishes a reprint of the winning work.
Each winner has a bench dedicated to him or her with a plaque in Molina de Segura's Paseo de Rosales.
In its 12th edition (2015), a
micro-story book, written by Emilio Gavilanes, was awarded for the first time in the history of the contest. This recognized the strength and prestige of the microfiction genre.
Winners
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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 ...
(2004)
* (2005)
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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 ...
(2006)
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Sergi PÃ mies
Sergi PÃ mies (; born 28 January 1960) is a Spanish writer, translator, journalist and television and radio presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa PÃ mies and the former general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, Greg ...
(2007)
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Óscar Esquivias
Óscar Esquivias (born 28 June 1972 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain) is a Spanish short-story writer, poet and novelist.
Biography
He studied at the University of Burgos. He was director of the literature magazine ''Calamar, revista de cre ...
(2008)
* (2009)
* (2010)
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David Roas (2011)
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Clara Obligado
Clara Obligado Marcó del Pont (born 1950) is an Argentine-Spanish writer.
Biography
Clara Obligado holds a licentiate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Since 1976 she has lived in Madrid, a political exile of ...
(2012)
* (2013)
* (2014)
* (2015)
* (2016)
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Pedro Ugarte (2017)
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José Ovejero (2018)
Editions
References
External links
* {{Official website
2004 establishments in Spain
Awards established in 2004
Spanish literary awards