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2010s
2000s
- 2009Contra el viento — Ángeles Caso
- 2008La hermandad de la buena suerte — Fernando Savater
- 2007El mundo — Juan José Millás
- 2006La Fortuna de Matilda Turpin — Álvaro Pombo
- 2005Pasiones Romanas — Maria de la Pau Janer
- 2004Un milagro en equilibrio — Lucía Etxebarria
- 2003El baile de la Victoria — Antonio Skármeta
- 2002El huerto de mi amada — Alfredo Bryce Echenique
- 2001La canción de Dorotea — Rosa Regàs
- 2000Mientras vivimos — Maruja Torres
1990s
- 1999Melocotones helados — Espido Freire
- 1998Pequeñas infamias — Carmen Posadas
- 1997La tempestad — Juan Manuel de Prada
- 1996El desencuentro — Fernando Schwartz
- 1995La mirada del otro — Fernando G. Delgado
- 1994La cruz de San Andrés — Camilo José Cela
- 1993Lituma en los Andes — Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1992La prueba del laberinto — Fernando Sánchez Dragó
- 1991El jinete polaco — Antonio Muñoz Molina
- 1990El manuscrito carmesí — Antonio Gala
1980s
- 1989Queda la noche — Soledad Puértolas
- 1988Filomeno, a mi pesar — Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
- 1987En busca del Unicornio — Juan Eslava Galán
- 1986No digas que fue un sueño — Terenci Moix
- 1985Yo, el rey — Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera
- 1984Crónica sentimental en rojo — Francisco González Ledesma
- 1983La guerra del general Escobar — José Luis Olaizola
- 1982Jaque a la Dama — Jesús Fernández Santos
- 1981Y Dios en la última playa — Cristóbal Zaragoza
- 1980Volavérunt — Antonio Larreta
1970s
- 1979Los mares del Sur — Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
- 1978La muchacha de las bragas de oro — Juan Marsé
- 1977Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez — Jorge Semprún
- 1976En el día de hoy — Jesús Torbado
- 1975La gangrena — Mercedes Salisachs
- 1974Icaria, Icaria... — Xavier Benguerel
- 1973Azaña — Carlos Rojas
- 1972La cárcel — Jesús Zárate
- 1971Condenados a vivir — José María Gironella
- 1970La cruz invertida — Marcos Aguinis
1960s
- 1969En la vida de Ignacio Morel — Ramón J. Sender
- 1968Con la noche a cuestas — Manuel Ferrand
- 1967Las últimas banderas — Ángel María de Lera
- 1966A tientas y a ciegas — Marta Portal
- 1965Equipaje de amor para la tierra — Rodrigo Rubio
- 1964Las hogueras — Concha Alós
- 1963El cacique — Luis Romero
- 1962Se enciende y apaga una luz — Ángel Vázquez
- 1961La mujer de otro — Torcuato Luca de Tena
- 1960El atentado — Tomás Salvador
1950s
- 1959La noche — Andrés Bosch
- 1958Pasos sin huellas — Fernando Bermúdez de Castro
- 1957La paz empieza nunca — Emilio Romero
- 1956El desconocido — Carmen Kurtz
- 1955Tres pisadas de hombre — Antonio Prieto
- 1954Pequeño teatro — Ana María Matute
- 1953Una casa con goteras — Santiago Lorén
- 1952En la noche no hay caminos — Juan José Mira
About the Premio Planeta
The Premio Planeta is the world's most lucrative literary prize awarded for a work in the Spanish language, offering €1,000,000 to the winner and €200,000 to the runner-up (Premio Planeta Finalista). Founded in 1952 by José Manuel Lara Hernández, the founder of Grupo Planeta, the prize is announced each year on October 15 at a gala ceremony at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona. While it has been criticized for its commercial nature and its connection to its sponsoring publisher, it is undeniably one of the most commercially significant prizes in Spanish-language publishing, producing bestselling novels that are instantly published and widely distributed by Planeta.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The Premio Planeta awards €1,000,000 to the winner, making it the largest cash prize in the Spanish-speaking literary world. The runner-up (Premio Planeta Finalista) receives €200,000.
- The prize is announced each year on October 15 at a gala ceremony at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona.
- Yes. The prize is sponsored by Grupo Planeta, one of Spain's largest publishers, and winning authors are automatically published by Planeta. Critics have questioned whether the prize functions primarily as a commercial vehicle rather than a purely literary one. Some winning authors have been revealed to be already under contract with Planeta.
- The prize is open to unpublished novels written in Spanish. There is no restriction on genre, and the prize has been awarded to thrillers, historical novels, and literary fiction.
- A jury of writers, critics, and publishing figures selected by Grupo Planeta votes on the winner. The jury typically comprises five to seven members.
- Manuscripts are submitted directly to Grupo Planeta under pseudonyms to maintain anonymity during the selection process.
- Yes. In 2021, 'Carmen Mola' won the prize for 'La Bestia,' only for the authors to be revealed as a trio of male Spanish writers using a collective pseudonym, generating significant controversy.
- Opinions vary. Its enormous cash prize makes it highly coveted, but some in the literary world consider it more of a commercial competition than a purely aesthetic one. Several winners have gone on to achieve wide critical recognition.
- Yes. The prize is open to works written in Spanish by authors of any nationality.