Premio Nadal

The Nadal Prize for Literature ( "Premio Nadal de Novela " ) is since 1944 the Catalan publishing house Ediciones Destino ( Grupo Planeta belonging ) awarded. The namesake for this literary award is Eugenio Nadal Gaya (1916-1944), chief editor of the magazine Destino. His fame stems from the fact that he is the oldest literary prize awarded in Spain, as well as among the circle of winners, one of the important figures in Spanish literature of the twentieth century. The award is endowed with 18,000 euros, in addition, awarded 2nd prize of 6,000 euros. The prize was awarded since its creation only three times to non - Spaniards: 1963 to Manuel Mejía Vallejo (Colombia ), 1965 to Eduardo Caballero Calderón (Colombia) and 1987 Juan José Saer (Argentina ).

Thus, the two major Spanish literary prizes, the Premio Nadal and the Premio Planeta be awarded by the same publisher Grupo Planeta Group of.

Award winners

1944-1975

1976-2000

Since 2001

• 2001: Fernando Marías (El Niño de los Coroneles )
• 2002: Angela Vallvey (Los estados carenciales )
• 2003: Andrés Trapiello (Los amigos del crimen perfecto )
• 2004: Antonio Soler (El camino de los Ingleses )
• 2005: Pedro Zarraluki ( Un encargo difícil )
• 2006: Eduardo Lago ( llámame Brooklyn )
• 2007: Felipe Benítez Reyes ( Mercado de espejismos )
• 2008: Francisco Casa Vella (Lo que sé de los vampiros )
• 2009: Maruja Torres ( Esperadme en el cielo )
• 2010: Clara Sánchez (Lo que tu nombre esconde )
• 2011: Alicia Giménez Bartlett ( Donde nadie te encuentre )
• 2012: Álvaro Pombo (El temblor del héroe )
• 2013: Sergio Vila- Sanjuán ( Estaba en el aire )