Fernando Lara Novel Award

Fernando Lara Novel Award
Antonio Garrido receiving the award in 2015
Awarded for Unpublished novel
Sponsored by
Location Seville, Spain
Reward(s) €120,200
First awarded 1996

The Fernando Lara Novel Award (Spanish: Premio Fernando Lara de Novela) is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. The publication of the finalist (runner-up) work is not expected, although it is sometimes published by Planeta itself (as in the case of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, finalist in 2000).

Created in 1996, it is named after the youngest son of José Manuel Lara Hernández, founder of the publishing house, and who was CEO of Grupo Planeta until his death in a traffic accident in August 1995.

The award's endowment is €120,200. It is delivered in May of the respective year.

Winners

Year Novel Author Nationality ISBN. Ref.
1996 El amargo don de la belleza Terenci Moix Spanish 84-08-01899-X
1997 La forja de un ladrón Francisco Umbral Spanish 84-08-02214-8
1998 Señorita Juan Eslava Galán Spanish 84-08-02823-5
1999 La sonrisa de la Gioconda Luis Racionero Spanish 84-08-03322-0
2000 Un largo silencio Ángeles Caso Spanish 84-08-07108-4
2001 Clara y la penumbra José Carlos Somoza Spanish 84-97-93961-1
2002 Los colores de la guerra Juan Carlos Arce Spanish 84-08-04557-1
2003 Lobas de mar Zoé Valdés Cuban 84-08-04795-7
2004 El último laberinto Mercedes Salisachs Spanish 978-84-08-08849-3
2005 El secreto del rey cautivo Antonio Gómez Rufo Spanish 84-08-06054-6
2006 Muertes paralelas Fernando Sánchez Dragó Spanish 84-08-06716-8
2007 El alma de la ciudad Jesús Sánchez Adalid Spanish 978-84-08-07295-9
2008 El judío de Shanghai Emilio Calderón Spanish 978-84-08-08151-7
2009 Esperando a Robert Capa Susana Fortes Spanish 978-84-08-08725-0
2010 Barrio cero Javier Reverte Spanish 978-84-08-08942-1
2011 Contigo aprendí Silvia Grijalba Spanish 978-84-08-10290-8
2012 La berlina de Prim Ian Gibson Spanish 978-84-08-00766-1
2013 Luisa y los espejos Marta Robles Spanish 978-84-08-11435-2
2014 Canta solo para mí Nativel Preciado Spanish 978-84-08-12884-7
2015 El último paraíso Antonio Garrido Spanish 978-84-08-14293-5
2016 Mi recuerdo es más fuerte que tu olvido Paloma Sánchez-Garnica Spanish 978-84-08-15867-7
2017 Después del amor todo son palabras Sonsoles Ónega Spanish 978-84-08-17390-8
2018 Canción de sangre y oro Jorge Molist Spanish 978-84-08-19254-1
2019 Algún día, hoy Ángela Becerra Colombian 978-84-08-21181-5
2020 La bruma verde Gonzalo Giner Spanish 978-84-08-23550-7
2021 Hasta donde termina el mar Alaitz Leceaga Spanish
2022 Adiós, pequeño Màxim Huerta Spanish