They've announced that Leonardo Padura Fuentes will receive this year's (now) Princess of Asturias Award for Literature (it used to be 'prince' but they made that guy king, so now its under the auspices of the 'princess').
They award these in a variety of categories including sport (the Gasol brothers taking the prize this year), but the literary prize has a decent track record (though 2011 -- Leonard Cohen -- was a bit iffy ...) -- and they have given it to Augusto Monterroso (2000), Álvaro Mutis (1999), and Miguel Delibes (1982), among many other worthies, so, yeah, okay.
Quite a few Padura works are under review at the complete review:
They award these in a variety of categories including sport (the Gasol brothers taking the prize this year), but the literary prize has a decent track record (though 2011 -- Leonard Cohen -- was a bit iffy ...) -- and they have given it to Augusto Monterroso (2000), Álvaro Mutis (1999), and Miguel Delibes (1982), among many other worthies, so, yeah, okay.
Quite a few Padura works are under review at the complete review: