Sergio del Molino won XXVII Alfaguara Award with GermansA novel that begins during the First World War and connects the history of Spain with the mutations of Nazism. Author Sergio Ramírez, who served as jury spokesman, said: “A fascinating novel that tests the conscience of the characters and the reader.”
The award was announced at a luncheon held this year during the relocation of its traditional headquarters from the Madrid Casino to the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
This new edition of the Prize coincides with the 60th anniversary of the publishing house founded by Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela and which has become popular over the last six decades. One of the main bridges of literature written in Spanish On both sides of the Atlantic.
The jury for this event consisted of writers Sergio Ramírez, Juan José Millás, Rosa Montero, Manuel Rivas and Laura Restrepo, as well as Alfaguara’s editor-in-chief Pilar Reyes, who participated, as usual, vocally but without votes. . Both Nicaraguan Ramírez and Colombian Restrepo were winners of the award in 1998 and 2004, respectively.
Responses received by the publisher in this call 800 manuscriptsOf these, 396 are from Spain, 104 from Argentina, 109 from Mexico, 93 from Colombia, 40 from the USA, 20 from Chile, 26 from Peru and 12 of them were sent from Uruguay. The award is equipped with: $175,000, a statue by Martín Chirino, and simulcast in Spanish-speaking territory.
The winning novel will be in bookstores at the end of March.