They've announced that Una misma noche, by Leopoldo Brizuela, has been awarded the Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2012 -- selected from 785 submissions (whingeing Man Booker Prize judges: take note ...).
It's also the biggest cash prize of the day: the prize is: "dotado con 175.000 dólares" (yes, those would be US dólares ...).
It's also always fascinating to see the breakdown of country-of-origin of the submissions, giving a basic sense of literary activity in the Spanish-writing countries. The top submitters were:
See also the Latin American Herald Tribune report, Argentine Leopoldo Brizuela Wins Alfaguara Prize, as well as the author page at his 'literary' agent's site. Note also that Brizuela was a 2003 resident at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa -- but none of his work is yet available in English. This prize should help change that.
It's also always fascinating to see the breakdown of country-of-origin of the submissions, giving a basic sense of literary activity in the Spanish-writing countries. The top submitters were:
- Spain (307)
- Argentina (143)
- Mexico (108)
- Colombia (47)
- USA (31)
- Chile and Ecuador (25)
See also the Latin American Herald Tribune report, Argentine Leopoldo Brizuela Wins Alfaguara Prize, as well as the author page at his 'literary' agent's site. Note also that Brizuela was a 2003 resident at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa -- but none of his work is yet available in English. This prize should help change that.