The Fernando Lara Novel Award () is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language.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 , 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 1997 La forja de un ladrón Francisco Umbral Spanish 1998 Señorita Juan Eslava Galán Spanish 1999 La sonrisa de la Gioconda Luis Racionero Spanish 2000 Un largo silencio Ángeles Caso Spanish 2001 Clara y la penumbra José Carlos Somoza Spanish 2002 Los colores de la guerra Spanish 2003 Lobas de mar Zoé Valdés Cuban 2004 El último laberinto Mercedes Salisachs Spanish 2005 El secreto del rey cautivo Antonio Gómez Rufo Spanish 2006 Muertes paralelas Fernando Sánchez Dragó Spanish 2007 El alma de la ciudad Spanish 2008 El judío de Shanghai Spanish 2009 Esperando a Robert Capa Susana Fortes Spanish 2010 Barrio cero Spanish 2011 Contigo aprendí Silvia Grijalba Spanish 2012 La berlina de Prim Ian Gibson Spanish 2013 Luisa y los espejos Marta Robles Spanish 2014 Canta solo para mí Nativel Preciado Spanish 2015 El último paraíso Spanish 2016 Mi recuerdo es más fuerte que tu olvido Paloma Sánchez-Garnica Spanish 2017 Después del amor todo son palabras Sonsoles Ónega Spanish 2018 Canción de sangre y oro Spanish 2019Algún día, hoyÁngela BecerraColombian978-84-08-21181-52020La bruma verdeGonzalo GinerSpanish2021Hasta donde termina el marAlaitz LeceagaSpanish2022Adiós, pequeñoMàxim HuertaSpanish
References
External links José Manuel Lara Foundation Fernando Lara Novel Award at Grupo Planeta