Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez was named yesterday the winner of the 2017 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor. Ramírez has written more than 20 novels, including “Margarita, está linda la mar” (Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea), which won Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara award in 1998. His work has been widely translated.  He has also received... - Read more

The writer and academic José María Merino has been awarded the 2021 National Prize for Spanish Letters for “his mastery and excellence in the creation of fantastic literature in the narrative modalities of novels, short novels, short stories and short stories”. The jury highlighted “the intelligence of his theoretical reflections on fiction” and stressed that José María Merino “is a... - Read more

‘Un millón de gotas’ has been awarded the most prestigious French literary award appointed for the noir genre. Its author, Victor del Árbol, repeats once again the great feat of conquering the most distinguished reviews of the noir genre in France. Previously, in 2012, he was the first Spaniard to obtain the Prix du polar Européen, awarded by the prestigious French publication Le Point. Le Grand Prix de... - 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

“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