Rómulo Gallegos Prize
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The Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize (Spanish: Premio internacional de novela Rómulo Gallegos) was created on 6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted by Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni, in honour of the Venezuelan writer and politician Rómulo Gallegos.
The declared purpose of the prize is to "perpetuate and honour the work on one eminent novelist and to encourage the creative endeavours of Spanish-language writers".
It is awarded by the government of Venezuela, through the offices of the Rómulo Gallegos Centre for Latin American Studies. The first prize was given in 1967.
[edit] Winners
- 1967: La casa verde, by Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru (English translation: The Green House)
- 1972: Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez of Colombia (English translation: One Hundred Years of Solitude)
- 1977: Terra nostra, by Carlos Fuentes of Mexico (translated as Terra Nostra)
- 1982: Palinuro de México, by Fernando del Paso of Mexico
- 1987: Los perros del paraíso, by Abel Posse of Argentina
- 1989: La casa de las dos palmas, by Manuel Mejía Vallejo of Colombia
- 1991: La visita en el tiempo, by Arturo Uslar Pietri of Venezuela
- 1993: Santo oficio de la memoria, by Mempo Giardinelli of Argentina
- 1995: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, by Javier Marías of Spain (English translation: Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me)
- 1997: Mal de amores, by Ángeles Mastretta of Mexico
- 1999: Los detectives salvajes, by Roberto Bolaño of Chile (English translation: The Savage Detectives)
- 2001: El viaje vertical, by Enrique Vila-Matas of Spain
- 2003: El desbarrancadero, by Fernando Vallejo of Colombia
- 2005: El vano ayer, by Isaac Rosa of Spain
