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Isabel Burdiel wins the RAE award for philological research for her biography of Emilia Pardo Bazán

Historian Isabel Burdiel has won the Real Academia Española de investigación filológica (Royal Spanish Academy for philological research) for her work 'Emilia Pardo Bazán' (Taurus, 2019).

EL PAÍS brings together the Nobel Prize winners for Literature

The collection begins next Sunday, October 17, with ‘Cinco esquinas’, by Mario Vargas Llosa.

XXIV Meeting of Ibero-American Poets: A tribute to Antonio Colinas

The XXIV Meeting of Ibero-American Poets, coordinated by Alfredo Pérez Alencart, will pay tribute to Antonio Colinas. It will be held on October 12 and 13 at the Liceo Theater in Salamanca and will bring together 130 poets from different Latin American countries.

Argentine writer César Aira, who has published 106 books, wins the Prix Formentor 2021 Award.

The Formentor Prize, endowed with 50,000 Euros and supported by the patronage of the Barceló and Buadas families, recognizes the quality and integrity of the authors whose work embodies the prestige and influence of great literature.

Big names on the Publishnews bestseller list - Nielsen Spain

The big publishing groups pull out their entire arsenal to top this week's best-sellers list. Pérez-Reverte, Aramburo, Navarro and young adult literature, are the best sellers according to Publishnews.es - Nielsen.

The voice of the defeated and forgotten by the history, Anagrama de Ensayo (Essay) Award

Mexican writer Enrique Díaz Álvarez wins the 49th edition of the award with “La palabra que aparece. Testimonio como acto de supervivencia.”

Interview with Fernando Marías: “The time of La Movida was the emergence of our dreams. There was an infinite solidarity."

“Arde este libro,” in my opinion, is Fernando Marías’ most personal book to date. In it, he narrates part of his own biography and does so in the first person and with all the sincerity of his memories, which are deep in his soul.

Interview with Cristina Vatra: "Nowadays we need humor more than ever."

Madrid-born Cristina Vatra (1980) makes her debut with the novel “El beso de Thor” (HarperCollins Ibérica), a breezy but no less serious novel.

Interview with writer Benito Taibo Mahojo: “I am used to letting my instincts and whims guide me.”

Benito Taibo Mahojo, was born on May 31, 1960, in Mexico City. He studied History at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Books enter the garden

The green fever for the plants was accelerated with the pandemic and is reflected in an unprecedented crop of editorial novelties, including memoirs, novels and essays.

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