I missed this last week, but they announced that Enrique Vila-Matas has won the revived Premio Formentor de las Letras; see, for example, Vila-Matas gana el Formentor por "renovar los horizontes de la novela" in El País.
In its first incarnation this was the prize that helped push Jorge Luis Borges onto the international scene, and since they brought it back (limited to a Spanish-language focus) the prize has gone to Carlos Fuentes, Juan Goytisolo, Javier Marías, and now Vila-Matas -- so, you know, not too bad .....
Several of his books are under review at the complete review (and I have a few more I hope to get to soon):
In its first incarnation this was the prize that helped push Jorge Luis Borges onto the international scene, and since they brought it back (limited to a Spanish-language focus) the prize has gone to Carlos Fuentes, Juan Goytisolo, Javier Marías, and now Vila-Matas -- so, you know, not too bad .....
Several of his books are under review at the complete review (and I have a few more I hope to get to soon):
- Bartleby & Co.
- Dublinesque
- Montano ((US title: Montano's Malady)
- Never any End to Paris