Nadal Award

Nadal Novel Prize . Commercial literary award granted to the best unpublished work chosen by Ediciones Destino . It is the oldest literary prize awarded in Spain and is awarded every January 6 . Among the writers who have deserved this award are important figures of 20th century Spanish literature .

Summary

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• 1 History
• 2 Nadal Awards
• 3 Finalists for the Nadal Prize
• 4 See also
• 5 External links
• 6 Sources

History

The Nadal Prize owes its name to Eugenio Nadal Gayal , professor of Literature and author of the book Cities of Spain, as well as numerous essays and articles. When his death occurred in 1944 , Destino magazine, of which he was editor-in-chief, established the award in his honor with the aim of discovering new literary values.

The first edition was held at the now defunct Chinese Café on La Rambla in Barcelona , ​​since then it has been held every January 6 . The first writer awarded was the Spanish Carmen Laforet Díaz with the work Nada , which won in the last round over In the town there are new faces , by José María Álvarez Blázquez .

The award ceremony has been held since 1958 at the Ritz Hotel and since 1968 the Josep Pla Prize has also been awarded on the same evening to works of prose in Catalan without genre limitations. Currently the endowment of the Nadal Prize is €18,000. From its creation until 2009, a second prize of €6,000 was awarded to the finalist, replaced in 2010 by the Francisco Casavella Novel Prize .

In the 1990s, Ediciones Destino was acquired by Grupo Planeta and the Nadal Prize took a more commercial direction, being awarded to prominent and already consolidated figures in Spanish literature , and not to discovering new literary values, which until then had been its main objective. task.

Nadal Awards

Ritz Hotel where the evening has been held since 1958

• 1944 Nothingby Carmen Laforet Díaz
• 1945 The moon has entered the houseof José Félix Tapia
• 1946 A manby José María Gironella
• 1947 The shadow of the cypress is longby Miguel Delibes Setién
• 1948 On the gray stonesby Sebastián Juan Arbó
• 1949 The last hoursof José Suárez Carreño
• 1950 North Windby Elena Quiroga
• 1951 The Ferris Wheelby Luis Romero
• 1952 We, the Riverosof Dolores Medio
• 1953 Always in the chapelby Lluisa Forrellad
• 1954 Death suits Villalobosby Francisco José Alcántara
• 1955 El Jaramaby Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
• 1956 God’s Frontierby José Luis Martín Descalzo
• 1957 Between curtainsby Carmen Martín Gaite
• 1958 He Was Not One of Oursby José Vidal Cadellans
• 1959 First memoirof Ana María Matute
• 1960 Blind Antsby Ramiro Pinilla
• 1961 The courseof Juan Antonio Payno
• 1962 Death by shootingof José María Mendiola
• 1963 The appointed dayby Manuel Mejía Vallejo
• 1964 Fear and Hopeby Alfonso Martínez Garrido
• 1965 The Noble Savageby Eduardo Caballero Calderón
• 1966 The strideof Vicente Soto
• 1967 Requiem for all of usby José María Sanjuán
• 1968 A man who looked like Orestesby Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora
• 1969 The Red Sistersby Francisco García Pavón
• 1970 Book of memories of the thingsof Jesús Fernández Santos
• 1971 The Cujarónby José María Requena
• 1972 Groovyby José María Carrascal
• 1973 The riteof José Antonio García Blázquez
• 1974 Culmination of Montoyaby Luis Gasulla
• 1975 The nymphsof Francisco Umbral
• 1976 Unusual reading of “Capital”by Raúl Guerra Garrido
• 1977 Conversation about the warby José Asenjo Sedano
• 1978 Narcisoby Germán Sánchez Espeso
• 1979 The ingenious nobleman and poet Federico García Lorca ascends to the hellsof Carlos Rojas
• 1980 Concerto grossoby Juan Ramón Zaragoza
• 1981 Cantiga de agüeroby Carmen Gómez Ojea
• 1982 The tower wounded by lightningby Fernando Arrabal
• 1983 Rejoicing in Manby Salvador García Aguilar
• 1984 The Other Shore of Drugsby José Luis de Tomás
• 1985 Fleur de selby Pau Faner
• 1986 Ballad of Cainby Manuel Vicent
• 1987 The occasionof Juan José Saer
• 1988 Ambigú portraitsby Juan Pedro Aparicio
• 1989Not granted
• 1990 Solitude was thisby Juan José Millás
• 1991 The other daysof Alfredo Conde
• 1992 Blind Hopesby Alejandro Gándara
• 1993 The Reason for Evilby Rafael Argullol
• 1994 Blueby Rosa Regàs
• 1995 Crossing the Danubeby Ignacio Carrión
• 1996 Killing dinosaurs with slingshotsby Pedro Maestre
• 1997 Whoby Carlos Cañeque
• 1998 Beatriz and the celestial bodiesby Lucía Etxebarria
• 1999 The stories of Marta and Fernandoby Gustavo Martín Garzo
• 2000 The Impatient Alchemistby Lorenzo Silva
• 2001 The Colonels’ Childby Fernando Marías
• 2002 The deficient statesof Ángela Vallvey
• 2003 Friends of the Perfect Crimeby Andrés Trapiello
• 2004 The Way of the Englishby Antonio Soler
• 2005 A difficult assignmentby Pedro Zarraluki
• 2006 Call Me Brooklynby Eduardo Lago
• 2007 Mirage Marketby Felipe Benítez Reyes
• 2008 What I Know About Vampiresby Francisco Casavella
• 2009 Wait for me in heavenby Maruja Torres
• 2010 What your name hidesby Clara Sánchez
• 2011 Where Nobody Finds Youby Alicia Giménez Bartlett
• 2012 The Tremor of the Heroby Alvaro Pombo
• 2013 It was in the airby Sergio Vila-Sanjuán
• 2014 Life Was Thatby Carmen Amoraga
• 2015 Cabaret Biarritzby José C. Vales
• 2016 The Eve of Almost Everythingby Víctor del Arbol

Finalists for the Nadal Prize

• 1944 In the town there are new facesby José María Álvarez Blázquez
• 1945 Near Oviedoby Francisco García Pavón
• 1946 Five shadowsby Eulalia Galvarriato and A man adrift by Luis Manteiga
• 1947 Los Abelby Ana María Matute , Juan Risco by Rosa María Cajal and General Hospital by Juan Manuel Pombo Angulo
• 1948 Black Destinyby Manuel Mur Oti and Life with a Goddess by Antonio Rodríguez Huéscar
• 1949 The Garden of Pisadielby Carlos de Santiago
• 1950 The sea is aloneby Francisco Montero Galvache
• 1951 Stories from Valcanilloby Tomás Salvador , While it rains in the land by José María Jové and Long pants by José Antonio Giménez Arnau
• 1952 The city without horizonby Severiano Fernández Nicolás and The straw door by Vicente Risco
• 1953 The drop of mercuryby Alejandro Núñez Alonso
• 1954 Turbulent Daysof Ángel Oliver
• 1955 Viperby Héctor VázquezAzpiri
• 1956 Jesús López Pacheco power plant
• 1957 Yesterday, October 27by Lauro Olmo
• 1958 The Carnival of the Giantsby Claudio Bassols
• 1959 The mineof Armando López Salinas
• 1960 Stranded Menby Gonzalo Torrente Malvido
• 1961 The broken ropeby Pablo Antoñana
• 1962 The crimeof Manuel Barrios
• 1963 Choralby Mariano Viguera
• 1964 The spurof Manuel Barrios
• 1965 The Water Seekersby Juan Farias
• 1966 Carmelo M. Lozano‘s King’s Bishop Gambit
• 1967 The reign of Witizaby Francisco García Pavón
• 1968 Vacant headquartersof Eduardo García
• 1969 Luis Ricardo Alonso‘s candidate
• 1970 From the Weapons of Montemolínby Gabriel García Badell
• 1971 Dabeibaby Gustavo Álvarez de Gardeazábal
• 1972 The Cards Fell Face Downby Gabriel García Badell and Suroeste by Bernardo Víctor Carande
• 1973 Funeral for Franceby Gabriel García Badell and The Blue Monkey by Aquilino Duque
• 1974 Chronicle without heroesby Guillermo Ariel Ramón Carrizo
• 1975 Sea Slightly Southby Manuel Villar Raso
• 1976 The Lacewingby Emilio Mansera Conde
• 1977 The zarabandaby Gabriel García Badell
• 1978 The anarchist crowned with oleandersby Manuel Vicent and Landowner by Rocío Vélez de Piedrahita
• 1979 Angels or neophytesby Manuel Vicent and Nuevo auto de fe by Gabriel García Badell
• 1980 Notes for the clarification of a suicideby Ramón Eiroa and In other parks where being burning by Jorge González Aranguren
• 1981 The Accidentby Alfonso Zapater and The Dandy of the Mole by Juan Luis González Ripoll
• 1982 The excursionof José Luis Aguirre
• 1983 The Subversion of Beti Garcíaby José Avello Flórez
• 1984 Dad Died Todayby Telmo Herrera
• 1985 The deserts of loveby Vicente Sánchez Pinto
• 1986 Historia del Tristeby Horacio VázquezRial and Los felines del Canciller by Rafael Humberto MorenoDurán
• 1987 The Game of Truthby José Ferrater Mora
• 1988 The limits of paradiseby Jesús Carazo
• 1989 was not granted
• 1990 Forster’s Notebookby Pedro Crespo García
• 1991 The silence of the wordsof Mariano Arias
• 1992 The lost wordsof Jesús Díaz
• 1993 The Pearl of the Eastby Jorge Ordaz
• 1994 Kronen Storiesby José Ángel Mañas
• 1995 Townhousesby Félix Bayón
• 1996 What will becomeof Juana Salabert burns
• 1997 The Weakness of the Bolshevikby Lorenzo Silva
• 1998 The caress of the scorpionby Ignacio GarcíaValiño
• 1999 Raising Citiesby Lilian Neuman
• 2000 Dafne vanishedby José Carlos Somoza
• 2001 The Moon in Jorgeby Lola Beccaria
• 2002 Kaleidoscopeby José Luis de Juan
• 2003 The great silenceof David Torres
• 2004 Smile Delgadoby Javier Puebla
• 2005 Light Huntersby Nicolás Casariego
• 2006 Susana and the old peopleby Marta Sanz Pastor
• 2007 Something so similar to loveby Carmen Amoraga
• 2008 The Memory Clubof Eva Díaz Pérez
• 2009 The book of elusive loveby Rubén Abella