- Rómulo Gallegos Prize
The Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize (Spanish: "Premio internacional de novela Rómulo Gallegos)" was created on
6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted byVenezuela n PresidentRaúl Leoni , in honor of the Venezuelan politician and PresidentRómulo Gallegos , the author of "Doña Bárbara ".The declared purpose of the prize is to "perpetuate and honor the work of the eminent novelist and also to stimulate the creational activity of the Hispanic speech writers". [http://www.celarg.org.ve/Ingles/Premio%20Romulo%20Gallegos.htm]
It is awarded by the government of Venezuela, through the offices of the
Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies ("Fundación Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos"). The first prize was given in 1967.Winners
* 1967: "La casa verde", by
Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru (English translation: "The Green House )"
* 1972: "Cien años de soledad", byGabriel García Márquez of Colombia (English translation: "One Hundred Years of Solitude )"
* 1977: "Terra nostra", byCarlos Fuentes of Mexico (translated as "Terra Nostra )"
* 1982: "Palinuro de México", byFernando del Paso of Mexico
* 1987: "Los perros del paraíso", byAbel Posse of Argentina
* 1989: "La casa de las dos palmas", byManuel Mejía Vallejo of Colombia
* 1991: "La visita en el tiempo", byArturo Uslar Pietri of Venezuela
* 1993: "Santo oficio de la memoria", byMempo Giardinelli of Argentina
* 1995: "Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí", byJavier Marías of Spain (English translation: "Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me )"
* 1997: "Mal de amores", byÁngeles Mastretta of Mexico
* 1999: "Los detectives salvajes", byRoberto Bolaño of Chile (English translation: "The Savage Detectives )"
* 2001: "El viaje vertical", byEnrique Vila-Matas of Spain
* 2003: "El desbarrancadero", byFernando Vallejo of Colombia
* 2005: "El vano ayer", byIsaac Rosa of Spain
* 2007: "El tren pasa primero", byElena Poniatowska of MexicoExternal links
* [http://www.celarg.org.ve Rómulo Gallegos Centre for Latin American Studies (CELARG)]
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