Among Spanish-language novel prizes the premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos is hard to top: winning titles include One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes, Palinuro of Mexico by Fernando del Paso, The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, and titles by Mario Vargas Llosa, Javier Marías, Enrique Vila-Matas, and Ricardo Piglia so, yeah, its worth perking up and paying attention when the next prize is announced -- as it now has been: Tríptico de la infamia by Pablo Montoya beat out 162 submissions for this year's prize.
See also the Latin American Herald Tribune report, Colombia's Pablo Montoya Wins Venezuelan Novel Prize.
See also the Latin American Herald Tribune report, Colombia's Pablo Montoya Wins Venezuelan Novel Prize.