The Premio Adonáis, or
Adonais Prize for Poetry, is awarded annually in
Spain
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by Ediciones RIALP to an unpublished
Spanish language
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poem
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. Runners-up are also recognized.
Named after the collection of the same name, the Adonais Prize was created in 1943 (a year before the
Premio Nadal) by the
publishing house
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Biblioteca Hispánica, which was then directed by Juan Gerrero Ruiz, best friend of
Juan Ramón Jiménez. In 1946, the Prize was placed in the hands of Ediciones RIALP, which has maintained it to this day.
In its first few years, the Prize contributed to the rise of major poets of the Spanish postwar period. The Adonais is similar to the
Premio Hiperión, which also promotes young authors.
The prize is awarded in December of each year.
List of winning authors and books
*
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 ...
.
José Suárez Carreño (Spain), ''Edad del hombre'';
Vicente Gaos (Spain), ''Arcángel de mi noche'';
Alfonso Moreno (Spain), ''El vuelo de la carne''.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
. Not awarded.
*
1945. Not awarded.
*
1946
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
. Not awarded.
*
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
.
José Hierro (Spain), ''Alegría''.
::Runners-up:
Concha Zardoya (
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
-Spain), ''Dominio del llanto'';
Eugenio de Nora (Spain), ''Contemplación del tiempo'';
Julio Mauri (Spain), ''Los años''.
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
. Not awarded.
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025
* January 2 – Luis ...
.
Ricardo Molina (Spain), ''Corimbo''.
::Runners-up:
Juan Ruiz Peña (Spain), ''Vida del poeta'';
Ramón de Garcisol (Spain), ''Defensa del hombre''.
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
.
José García Nieto (Spain), ''Dama de soledad''.
::Runners-up:
Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), ''Habitada claridad'';
Carlos Salomón (Spain), ''La sed''.
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
.
Lorenzo Gomis (Spain), ''El caballo''.
::Runners-up:
José Manuel Caballero Bonald (Spain), ''Las adivinaciones'';
Alfonso Albalá (Spain), ''Umbral de armonía'';
Julián Andúgar (Spain), ''La soledad y el encuentro'';
Luis López Anglada (Spain), ''La vida conquistada''.
*
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, ...
.
Antonio Fernández Spencer (
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
), ''Bajo la luz del día''.
::Runners-up:
Salvador Pérez Valiente (Spain), ''Por tercera vez'';
Susana March (Spain), ''La tristeza'';
Jaime Ferrán (Spain), ''Desde esta orilla'';
Jesús López Pacheco (Spain), ''Dejad crecer este silencio''.
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
.
Claudio Rodríguez (Spain), ''Don de la ebriedad''.
::Runners-up:
Pino Ojeda (Spain), ''Como el fruto en el árbol'';
Pilar Paz Pasamar (Spain), ''Los buenos días''.
*
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
.
José Ángel Valente (Spain), ''A modo de esperanza''.
::Runners-up:
Carlos Murciano (Spain), ''Viento en la carne'';
José Agustín Goytisolo (Spain), ''El retorno''.
*
1955.
Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), ''Hombre en forma de elegía''.
::Runners-up:
Maria Beneyto (Spain), ''Tierra viva'';
Ángel González (Spain), ''Áspero mundo''.
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
.
María Elvira Lacaci (Spain), ''Humana voz''.
::Runners-up:
Salustiano Masó (Spain), ''Contemplación y aventura'';
Fernando Quiñones (Spain), ''Cercanía de la gracia''.
*
1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
.
Carlos Sahagún (Spain), ''Profecías del agua''.
::Runners-up:
Joaquín Fernández (Spain), ''Sin vuelta de hoja'';
Eladio Cabañero (Spain), ''Una señal de amor''.
*
1958.
Rafael Soto Verges (Spain), ''La agorera''.
::Runners-up:
Enrique Molina Campos (Spain), ''La puerta'';
Antonio Murciano (Spain), ''La semilla''.
*
1959.
Francisco Brines (Spain), ''Las brasas''.
::Runners-up:
Luis Martínez Drake (Spain), ''La yerba'';
Antonio Gala (Spain), ''Enemigo íntimo''.
*
1960.
Mariano Roldán (Spain), ''Hombre nuevo''.
::Runners-up:
Salustiano Masó (Spain), ''Historia de un tiempo futuro'';
Ernesto Contreras (Spain), ''Interior con figuras''.
*
1961.
Luis Feria (Spain), ''Conciencia''.
::Runners-up:
Juan Antonio Castro (Spain), ''Tiempo amarillo'';
Julia Uceda (Spain), ''Extraña juventud''.
*
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
.
Jesús Hilario Tundidor (Spain), ''Junto a mi silencio''.
::Runners-up:
Ricardo Defarges (Spain), ''El arbusto'';
Manuel Padorno (Spain), ''A la sombra del mar''.
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
.
Félix Grande (Spain), ''Las piedras''.
::Runners-up:
Manuel Álvarez Ortega (Spain), ''Invención de la muerte'';
Elena Andrés (Spain), ''Dos caminos''.
*
1964.
Diego Jesús Jiménez (Spain), ''La ciudad''.
::Runners-up:
César Aller (Spain), ''Libro de elegías'';
Antonio Hernández (Spain), ''El mar es una tarde con campanas''.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
.
Joaquín Caro Romero (Spain), ''El tiempo en el espejo''.
::Runners-up:
Vicente García Hernández (Spain), ''Los pájaros'';
Francisco Carrasco Heredia (Spain), ''Las raíces''.
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
.
Miguel Fernández (Spain), ''Sagrada materia''.
::Runners-up:
Juan Van-Halen (Spain), ''La frontera'';
José Roberto Cea (Spain), ''Códice liberado''.
*
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
.
Joaquín Benito de Lucas (Spain), ''Materia de olvido''.
::Runners-up:
Angel García López (Spain), ''Tierra de nadie'';
Antonio López Luna (Spain), ''Memoria de la muerte'';
Marcos Ricardo Barnatán (
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
-Spain), ''Los pasos perdidos''.
*
1968.
Roberto Sosa (
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
), ''Los pobres''.
::Runners-up:
Eugenio Padorno (Spain), ''Metamorfosis'';
Antonio Colinas (Spain), ''Preludios a una noche total''.
*
1969.
Angel García López (Spain), ''A flor de piel''.
::Runners-up:
Manuel Ríos Ruiz (Spain), ''Amores con la tierra'';
Pablo Armando Fernández (Spain), ''Un sitio permanente''.
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
.
Pureza Canelo (Spain), ''Lugar común''.
::Runners-up:
Paloma Palao (Spain), ''El gato junto al agua'';
Justo Jorge Padrón (Spain), ''Los oscuros fuegos'';
José Luis Núñez (Spain), ''Los motivos del tigre''.
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
.
José Infante (Spain), ''Elegía y no''.
::Runners-up:
Rafael Talavera (Spain), ''Tres poemas y calcomanías'';
José María Bermejo (Spain), ''Epidemia de nieve''.
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
.
José Luis Alegre Cudos (Spain), ''Abstracción de Mío Cid con Cid Mío''.
::Runners-up:
José María Prieto (Spain), ''Círculo ciego'';
Enrike Gracia (Spain), ''Encuentros''.
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
.
José Antonio Moreno Jurado (Spain), ''Ditirambos para mi propia burla''.
::Runners-up:
Antonio Quintana (Spain), ''El ojo único del unicornio'';
Antonio Domínguez Rey (Spain), ''Garlopa marina''.
*
1974.
Julia Castillo (Spain), ''Urgencias de un río interior''.
::Runners-up:
Francisco García Marquina (Spain), ''Liber usualis officii et orationum'';
Emilio Sola (Spain), ''La isla''.
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
.
Angel Sánchez Pascual (Spain), ''Ceremonia de la inocencia''.
::Runners-up:
Alfredo J. Ramos Campos (Spain), ''Esquinas del destierro'';
Antolín Iglesias Páramo (Spain), ''Afueras del Edén''.
*
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
.
Jorge G. Aranguren (Spain), ''De fuegos, tigres, ríos''.
::Runners-up:
Carmelo Guillén Acosta (Spain), ''Envés del existir'';
Pedro Vergés (Spain), ''Durante los inviernos''.
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
.
Eloy Sánchez Rosillo (Spain), ''Maneras de estar solo''.
::Runners-up:
Luis de Paola (Spain), ''Música para películas mudas'';
María Rosa Vicente (Spain), ''Canto de la distancia''.
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
.
Arcadio López-Casanova (Spain), ''La oscura potestad''.
::Runners-up:
Ana María Navales (Spain), ''Mester de amor'';
Carlos Clementson (Spain), ''De la tierra, del mar y otros caminos''.
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
.
Laureano Albán (
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
), ''Herencia del otoño''.
::Runners-up:
Rosa María Echevarría (Spain), ''Arquíloco o nuestra propia voz'';
Pedro J. de la Peña (Spain), ''Teatro del sueño'';
Miguel Velasco (Spain), ''Sobre el silencio y otros llantos''.
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
.
Blanca Andreu (Spain), ''De una niña de provincias que vino a vivir en un Chagall''.
::Runners-up:
Salvador García Jiménez (Spain), ''Epica de náufrago'';
José María Parreño (Spain), ''Instrucciones para blindar un corazón''.
*
1981.
Miguel Velasco (Spain), ''Las berlinas del sueño''.
::Runners-up:
Julieta Dobles (Spain), ''Hora de lejanías'';
Rafael Duarte (Spain), ''Los viejos mitos del asombro''.
*
1982.
Luis García Montero (Spain), ''El jardín extranjero''.
::Runners-up:
Fernando Beltrán (Spain), ''Aquelarre en Madrid'';
Amparo Amorós (Spain), ''Ludia''.
*
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
.
Javier Peñas Navarro, ''Adjetivos sin agua, adjetivos con agua''.
::Runners-up:
Carmen Pallarés (Spain), ''La llave del grafito'';
Basilio Sánchez (Spain), ''A este lado del alba''.
*
1984.
Amalia Iglesias Serna (Spain), ''Un lugar para el fuego''.
::Runners-up:
José Luis V. Ferris (Spain), ''Centro de cal'';
Antonio del Camino (Spain), ''Del verbo y la penumbra''.
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
.
Juan Carlos Mestre (Spain), ''Antífona de otoño en el valle del Bierzo''.
::Runners-up:
María del Mar Alférez (Spain), ''Criptoepístola de azares'';
Federico Gallego Ripoll (Spain), ''Crimen pasional en la Plaza Roja''.
*
1986.
Juan María Calles (Spain), ''Silencio celeste''.
::Runners-up:
José Luis Puerto (Spain), ''Un jardín al olvido'';
Pedro González Moreno (Spain), ''Pentagrama para escribir silencios''.
*
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
.
Francisco Serradilla (Spain), ''El bosque insobornable''.
::Runners-up:
Rosana Acquaroni (Spain), ''Del mar bajo los puentes'';
Mª Luisa Mora Alameda (Spain), ''Este largo viaje hacia la lluvia'';
Carmina Casala (Spain), ''Lava de labios''.
*
1988.
Miguel Sánchez Gatell, ''La soledad absoluta de la tierra''.
::Runners-up:
José Luis Díaz (Spain), ''Los pasos de la ceniza'';
Alberto Martín Méndez (Spain), ''Biografía de un traficante de no sé''.
*
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
.
Juan Carlos Marset (Spain), ''Puer profeta''.
::Runners-up:
Aurora Luque (Spain), ''Problemas de doblaje'';
Francisco M. Monterde (Spain), ''Penúltima lectura del silencio''.
*
1990.
Diego Doncel (Spain), ''El único umbral''.
::Runners-up:
Fermín Gámez (Spain), ''Efecto invernadero'';
José María Muñoz Quirós (Spain), ''Ritual de los espejos''.
*
1991.
Jesús Javier Lázaro Puebla (Spain), ''Canción para una amazona dormida''.
::Runners-up:
Mar García Lozano (Spain), ''Los mercaderes'';
Miguel Argaya (Spain), ''Geometría de las cosas irregulares''.
*
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
.
Juan Antonio Marín Alba (Spain), ''El horizonte de la noche''.
::Runners-up:
Aurelio González Ovies (Spain), ''Vengo del Norte'';
Enrique Ortiz Sierra (Spain), ''Extraño abordaje''.
*
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
.
María Luisa Mora Alameda (Spain), ''Busca y captura''.
::Runners-up:
Berta Serra Manzanares (Spain), ''Frente al Mar de 1994 in poetry, Citerea'';
Enrique Falcón (Spain), ''La marcha de 150.000.000''.
*
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
.
Ana Merino (Spain), ''Preparativos para un viaje''.
::Runners-up:
Juan Fco. Lorenzo (Spain), ''Menú de día'';
Jesús Losada (Spain), ''Huerto cerrado del amor''.
*
1995.
Eduardo Moga (Spain), ''La luz oída''.
::Runners-up:
Beatriz Hernanz (Spain), ''La vigilia del tiempo'';
Antonio Lucas (Spain), ''Antes del mundo''.
*
1996.
Rosario Neira (Spain), ''No somos ángeles''.
::Runners-up:
Angel Luján (Spain), ''Días débiles'';
José Luis Rey (Spain), ''Un evangelio español''.
*
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
.
Luis Martínez-Falero (Spain), ''Plenitud de la materia''.
::Runners-up:
Fermin Gámez (Spain), ''Arcana certidumbre'';
May Judith Serrano (Spain), ''Huerto cerrado del amor'';
Pedro J. Alonso (Spain), ''Sólo la ausencia''.
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
.
Luis Enrique Belmonte (
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
), ''Inútil registro''.
::Runners-up:
José Luis López Bretones (Spain), ''El lugar de un extraño'';
Raul Borrás (Spain), ''Diluvio en la mirada''.
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
.
Irene Sánchez Carrón (Spain), ''Escenas principales de actor secundario''.
::Runners-up:
Laura Moll (Spain), ''Océano y otros poemas'';
Álvaro Fierro (Spain), ''Tan callando''.
*
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
.
Joaquín Pérez Azaústre (Spain), ''Una interpretación'' (64 pages, ).
::Runners-up:
Miguel Ángel Curiel (Spain), ''El verano'';
Catalina Morato (Spain), ''El huso y la palabra'';
Juan Carlos Abril (Spain), ''El laberinto azul''.
*
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
.
José Antonio Gómez-Coronado (Spain), ''El triunfo de los días''.
::Runners-up:
Javier Cano (Spain), ''Lugares para un exilio'';
Rafael Antúnez Arce (Spain), ''Nada que decir''.
*
2002.
Adrián González da Costa (Spain), ''Rua dos douradores''.
::Runners-up:
Modesto Calderón (Spain), ''Venenos de la rosa'';
José Luis Gómez Toré (Spain), ''He heredado la noche''.
*
2003.
Javier Vela (Spain), ''La hora del crepúsculo''.
::Runners-up:
Antonio Aguilar (Spain), ''Allí donde no estuve'';
Ana Isabel Conejo (Spain), ''Vidrios, vasos, luz, tardes''.
*
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
.
José Martínez Ros (Spain), ''La enfermedad''.
::Runners-up:
Jesús Beades (Spain), ''La ciudad dormida'';
Paolo Álvarez Correyero (Spain), ''Hoy cumplo 16''.
*
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
.
Carlos Vaquerizo (Spain), ''Fiera venganza del tiempo''.
::Runners-up:
Raquel Lanseros (Spain), ''Diario de un destello'';
Juan Meseguer (Spain) ''Bancos de arena''.
*
2006.
Jorge Galán, pseudonym of George Alexander Portillo (
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
), ''Breve historia del Alba''.
::Runners-up:
Francisco Onieva (Spain), ''Perímetros de la tarde'';
Antonio Praena (Spain), ''Poemas para mi hermana''.
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2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
.
Teresa Soto González (Spain), ''Un poemario (Imitación de Wislawa)''.
::Runners-up:
Diego Vaya (Spain), ''El libro del viento'';
Pablo Moreno Prieto (Spain), ''Discurso de la ceniza''.
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2008:
Rogelio Guedea (
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
), ''Kora''.
::Runners-up:
María Eugenia Reyes Lindo (Spain), ''El fabricante de ruinas'';
Alfredo Juan Félix-Díaz (Mexico), ''Si resistimos''.
*
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
:
Rubén Martín Díaz (Spain), ''El minuto interior''.
:: Runners-up:
Verónica Aranda, ''Cortes de luz'';
Daniel Casado, ''Oscuro pez del fondo'';
Mario Lourtau, ''Quince días de fuego''.
[
* ]2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
: José Gutiérrez Román (Spain), ''Los pies del horizonte''.
:: Runners-up: Francisco Javier Burguillo López, ''Musa de fuego''; Alberto Chessa, ''La osamenta''.
* 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
: Jesús Bernal (Spain), ''Hombre en la niebla''.
:: Runners-up: Vanesa Pérez-Sauquillo, ''Climax road''; Ruth Miguel Franco, ''La muerte y los hermanos''.
* 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
: Martha Asunción Alonso (Spain), ''La soledad criolla''.
::Runners-up: Rocío Arana Caballero, ''La llave dorada''; Ángel Talián, ''La vida panorámica''.
* 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
: Joaquín Moreno Pedrosa (Spain), ''Largo viaje''.
::Runners-up: Lutgardo García Díaz, ''La viña perdida''; Juan Meseguer, ''Áspera nada''.
* 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
: Constantino Molina Monteagudo (Spain), ''Las ramas del azar''
::Runners-up: José Antonio Pérez-Robleda, ''Mitología intima''; Nilton Santiago, ''A otro perro con este hueso''.
* 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
: Rodrigo Sancho Ferrer (Spain), ''Vaho''.
::Runners-up: Magdalena Camargo Lemieszek (Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
), ''La doncella sin manos''; Nelo Curti (Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
), ''El lujo de ponernos tristes''.
* 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
: Sergio Navarro Ramírez (Spain), ''La lucha por el vuelo''.
::Runners-up: Bibiana Collado ''El recelo del agua''; Camino Román. ''Accidente''
* 2017: Alba Flores Robla (Spain), ''Digan adiós a la muchacha''.
::Runners-up: Álvaro Petit ''Que aún me duelas''; Pablo Fidalgo. ''Crónica de las aves de paso''.
* 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
: Marcela Duque(Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
), ''Bello es el riesgo''.
::Runners-up: José Alcaraz, ''El mar en las cenizas''; Guillermo Marco Remón, ''Otras nubes''.
* 2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
: María Elena Higueruelo (Spain), ''Los días eternos''.
::Runners-up: Diego Medina Póveda, ''Todo cuanto es verdad''; Felicitas Castillo, ''El contorno del roble''.
* 2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
: Abraham Guerrero Tenorio (Spain), ''Toda violencia''.
::Runners-up: Marta Jiménez Serrano, ''La edad ligera''; Rodrigo Olay, ''Vieja escuela''; Ignacio Pérez Cerón, ''Márgenes de error''.
* 2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
: Nuria Ortega Riba (Spain), ''Las infancias sonoras''.
::Runners-up: Andrés María García Cuevas, ''Las ciudades''; Félix Moyano Casiano, ''La deuda prometida''.
References
External links
Ediciones RIALP (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Premio Adonais de Poesia
Spanish literary awards
Poetry awards
Awards established in 1943