Premio Alfaguara

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Alfaguara Novel Prize
Country Spain
Presented byAlfaguara / Publishing house's editorial team
StatusActive
First award1965 (Reconvened 1998)
Websitehttps://premioalfaguara.com Edit this on Wikidata

The Alfaguara Novel Prize (Spanish: Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language.[1]It includes a prize of US$175,000[2](about €162,000) making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Alfaguara, a publisher owned by Penguin Random House.

The prize was created in 1965 by Alfaguara and continued until 1972. In 1980 Alfaguara was purchased by Grupo Santillana. In 1998 the award was reconvened.

The prize is notable not only for its monetary value but also because the winner receives an original sculpture by the renowned Spanish artist Martín Chirino. The competition requires submitted manuscripts to be original, unpublished works written in Spanish. A key feature of the prize is the simultaneous publication and distribution of the winning novel across almost all Spanish-speaking countries (including Spain, the US Hispanic market, and Latin America), ensuring immediate, widespread reach for the author. Recent winners include Sergio del Molino (2024) and Guillermo Saccomanno (2025).[3]

Winners

Year Title Author Nationality
1965Las corrupcionesJesús TorbadoSpain
1966Pascua y naranjasManuel VicentSpain
1967FaunaHéctor Vázquez-AzpiriSpain
1968Corte de cortezaDaniel SueiroSpain
1969No awardees
1970Todas esas muertesCarlos DroguettChile
1971Leña verdeLuis BerenguerSpain
1972Florido mayoAlfonso GrossoSpain
1973–97Not organised
1998 Caracol BeachEliseo AlbertoCuba
Margarita, How Beautiful the SeaSergio RamírezNicaragua
1999Son de marManuel VicentSpain
2000Últimas noticias del paraísoClara SánchezSpain
2001La piel del cieloElena PoniatowskaMexico
2002El vuelo de la reinaTomás Eloy MartínezArgentina
2003Diablo guardiánXavier VelascoMexico
2004DeliriumLaura RestrepoColombia
2005El turno del escribaGraciela Montes
Ema Wolf		Argentina
2006Red AprilSantiago RoncaglioloPeru
2007See How Much I Love YouLuis LeanteSpain
2008ChiquitaAntonio Orlando RodríguezCuba
2009Traveller of the CenturyAndrés NeumanSpain-Argentina
2010El arte de la resurrección[4]Hernán Rivera LetelierChile
2011The Sound of Things Falling[5]Juan Gabriel VásquezColombia
2012Una misma noche[6]Leopoldo BrizuelaArgentina
2013La invención del amor (Inventing love) [7]José OvejeroSpain
2014El mundo de afuera[8]Jorge FrancoColombia
2015Contigo en la distancia[9]Carla GuelfenbeinChile
2016La noche de la usina[10] Eduardo SacheriArgentina
2017 Rendición[11] Ray Loriga Spain
2018 Una novela criminal[12] Jorge Volpi Mexico
2019 Mañana tendremos otros nombres[13] Patricio Pron Argentina
2020 Salvar el fuego[14] Guillermo Arriaga Mexico
2021 Los abismos[15][16] Pilar Quintana Colombia
2022 El tercer paraíso[17] Cristian Alarcón Chile
2023 Cien cuyes[18] Gustavo Rodríguez Peru
2024 Los alemanes Sergio del Molino Spain
2025 The Wind Will Arrive[19] Guillermo Saccomanno Argentina

References

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  2. "Descargar bases del premio XXIX Premio Alfaguara de novela 2026". Premio Alfaguara (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. Retrieved 5 January 2026. 8.ª Se entregará un único premio, indivisible, cuyo ganador recibirá 175.000 (ciento setenta y cinco mil) dólares norteamericanos, de los que se detraerán los impuestos que fueran aplicables según la legislación española. ...
  3. Alfaguara, Editorial. "Premio Alfaguara de Novela - Celebrando la Mejor Literatura en Español". Premio Alfaguara de Novela (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. Hernán Rivera Letelier obtiene el Premio Alfaguara 2010 con su obra 'El arte de la resurrección'
  5. Rodríguez Marcos, Javier (21 March 2011). "Juan Gabriel Vásquez gana el Premio Alfaguara 2011". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. elpais.com
  7. "Spain's Jose Ovejero wins Alfaguara Novel Prize". Global Post. EFE. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. W. M. S. (20 March 2014). "Jorge Franco gana el premio Alfaguara con 'El mundo de afuera'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  9. "La chilena Carla Guelfenbein gana el Premio Alfaguara 2015". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. EFE. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  10. "Eduardo Sacheri ganó el Alfaguara de Novela". Página/12 (in Spanish). 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  11. "Argentine writer Sacheri wins Alfaguara Prize". Buenos Aires Herald. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  12. "Jorge Volpi gana el Premio Alfaguara con 'Una novela criminal'". El país. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  13. de Carlos, Carmen (23 January 2019). "El rosarino Patricio Pron se quedó con el Premio Alfaguara". Clarín. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. "Guillermo Arriaga gana el Premio Alfaguara 2020". El Financiero. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  15. "Ganadores" [Winner]. Premio Alfaguara (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  16. "Pilar Quintana, ganadora del XXIV Premio Alfaguara de Novela con 'Los abismos'" [Pilar Quintana, winner of the XXIV Alfaguara Novel Prize with 'Los abysses']. europapress.es (in Spanish). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  17. "El escritor chileno Cristian Alarcón, Premio Alfagura de Novela por 'El tercer paraíso'". Europa Press. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. "'Cien cuyes' de Gustavo Rodríguez gana el Premio Alfaguara de novela 2023". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  19. "Writer Guillermo Saccomanno wins Alfaguara Novel Prize". 25 January 2025.