Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World, by Sabina Berman (Destino), appears in the 15 th position in the list of nominees to the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014, which is rewarded with 100.000 euros. The winner has to overcome three selection phases: in the first one, the responsibles of the public libraries in different countries choose the books; in the second, an international jury reduces the amount of titles;... - Read more

The Violinist of Mauthausen , by Andrés Pérez Domínguez, won the XLI Premio Ateneo de Sevilla in 2009 by unanimous; it was praised by unquestionable authors such as the last winner of the National Award in Narrative José María Merino, who welcomed its thematic novelty and literary vocation. Five years later, its well-balanced mixture of History, intrigue, espionage, adventure, lwar and romance, which portrays... - Read more

Mercedes de Vega , author of the novel El profesor de inglés  ( The English Professor ), was awarded with an honorable mention, for her short story The Last Time I saw My Brother , in the Antonio Machado Train Awards 2013, for the Spanish Railway Foundation and the Antonio Machado Spanish Foundation. The announcement and presentation of the Train Awards took place on the 28 th of October, the commemorative date of “Train... - Read more

“The Book of the Mistaken Travels” by Clara Obligado , is presented with the IX Setenil Award for the best book of short stories published inSpain in 2012, assembled by the City ofMolina de Segura. Yesterday, the 30 th. of October, 2012 the IX Setenil Award for the Best Book of Short Stories Published in Spain was celebrated. This award has been converted into a national reference for the short story genre. The jury was chaired, in... - Read more

The full-length film “ A puerta fría ” ( To the Cold Door ) was triumphant last October when it was presented with the awards for both, best screen-play and best actor, Antonio Dechent, at the Spanish film festival of Toulouse. This is the second work by the writer Jesús Gil Vilda, ( Crisis of the Grand Evil, The Aleph ) as principal screen-play writer. In both occasions he collaborated with Xavi Puebla as director and... - Read more