The Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (Spanish: ''Premio Nacional de Narrativa Joaquín Gallegos Lara'') is awarded yearly by the Municipality of
Quito
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Ecuador
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to the best national works in three categories: the short story, the novel, and theater.
The award is named after the Ecuadorian novelist
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909-1947).
Ecuadorian literary awards
Ecuadorian awards
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