Literary awards given in Barcelona
A large number of literary, cultural and editorial awards are announced and presented every year in Barcelona in recognition of poetry, fiction or plays, as well as translations, publishers, book shops or public figures who help support, promote and publicise local and international literature and culture.
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PEPE CARVALHO
The Pepe Carvalho award has been presented since 2006 in memory of the local author Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and his famous character Pepe Carvalho, the detective playing the leading role in the series of crime novels Carvalho. The Pepe Carvalho award is presented to works and authors of national and international noir novels. Francisco González Ledesma (2006), Michael Connelly (2009), Ian Rankin (2010), Andrea Camilleri (2014), Alicia Giménez Bartlett (2015) and Donna Leon (2016) are just a few of the winners of this award.
PLANETA
Created in 1952 by José Manuel Lara to promote authors writing in Spanish, this is the most lucrative award in the whole of Spain. Award winners include Ana María Matute (1954), Ramón J. Sender (1969), Jorge Semprún (1977), Juan Marsé (1978), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1979), Terenci Moix (1986), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1988), Mario Vargas Llosa (1993), Camilo José Cela (1994), Maruja Torres (2000), Álvaro Pombo (2006) and Eduardo Mendoza (2010).