The prize is endowed with $100,000 and a sculpture by the Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo.

The Premio V Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa Award has just announced the names of the twelve finalists. According to the organization, the award, endowed with 100,000 dollars and a sculpture by the Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo, "aims to promote the interest of agents and publishers of the main languages of the world and to introduce new authors, exalt the well-known ones and offer an additional boost to the career of the exalted».

The Award is already in its fifth edition. It was created by the Vargas Llosa Chair in 2014. The last edition was held in Guadalajara (Mexico) September 23-26, 2021. It brought together some thirty creators and intellectuals from Latin America and Spain who participated in nine round tables.

This is the list of finalists:

1. Qué hacer con estos pedazos by Piedad Bonnet
2. El invencible verano de Liliana by Cristina Rivera Garza
3. Obra maestra by Juan Tallón
4. El peso de vivir en la tierra by Davis Toscana
5. Salvo mi corazón, todo está bien by Héctor Abad Faciolince
6. Colombian Psycho by Santiago Gamboa
7. Vengo de este miedo by Miguel Ángel Oeste
8. Safari by Pablo Toro, Chile
9. De bestias y aves by Pilar Adón
10. El tiempo de las moscas by Claudia Piñeiro
11. Ceniza en la boca by Brenda Navarro
12. La bajamar de Aroa Moreno

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