Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa is a Latin American Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 literary award

Literary award

A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...

. The winner receives USD $200,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. Beyond the large endowment, the award is also notable for the large number of books which are judged; in 2010 over 600 books entered the award, far surpassing the approximately 120 books which entered the Man Booker Prize

Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...

, for example.

The first award was in 2007. It is given annually, generally in March, in a Latin American capital that is designated each year. The Prize is for an unpublished text written in Spanish, and has an endowment of $200,000 for the winner and $50,000 for the runner-up. The goal of the award is to promote Spanish-language fiction in all Latin American countries. The prize is sponsored by Grupo Planeta, one of the largest publishers in the world. The jury is composed of five members: one representative of each of the two convening entities (Editorial Planeta and Casa de América) and three personalities in the world of Latin American literature.

The 2010 Prize, that was to be given in Valparaíso, Chile

Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

, was suspended because of the 2010 Chile earthquake

2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...

. In 2011 there was no runner-up prize.

Winners and runner-up

• Blue Ribbon = winner
  • Runner-up

2011 Santiago, Chile

Santiago

Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"...

 Antonio Skármeta

Antonio Skármeta

Antonio Skármeta is a Chilean writer, born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile. He was born to Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, region of Dalmatia....

, Los días del arco iris

• • No runner-up.

2010 Valparaíso, Chile

Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

• Suspended because of the 2010 Chile earthquake
  2010 Chile earthquake
  The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...
  
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2009 Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 Ángela Becerra

Ángela Becerra

Ángela Becerra is a Colombian writer. She studied publicity design and communications and worked at agencies in Cali and Bogotá as creative director and editor...

, Ella, que todo lo tuvo

• • Pedro Ángel Palou, El dinero del diablo

2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 Jorge Edwards

Jorge Edwards

Jorge Edwards Valdés is a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chilean ambassador to France.-Life and career:...

, La Casa de Dostoievsky

• • Fernando Quiroz, Justos por pecadores

2007 Bogotá, Colombia

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 Pablo de Santis, El enigma de París

• • Alonso Cueto
    Alonso Cueto
    Alonso Cueto Caballero is a Peruvian novelist and playwright. His novel El tigre blanco , published in 1985, was awarded the Premio Wiracocha. He has published regularly and currently writes for the newspaper Peru 21 and is a Professor of Journalism at the Catholic University of Peru...
    
    , El susurro de la mujer ballena

External links

• Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa, official website