Two women representing different continents and generations are the latest recipients of the coveted Herralde Prize from Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama.
For only the second time, two authors shared this annual award for an unpublished novel written in Spanish. Now the youngest recipient in the award’s history, 28-year-old Xita Rubert grew up between Barcelona and Galicia, and currently lives in New York City, while completing her PhD at Princeton University.
The other winner is Cynthia Rimsky, 62, a Chilean author of ten previous novels, who lives in Buenos Aires, where she is a professor at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes. Rubert and Rimsky’s novels were published by Anagrama in Spain on November 27, with publication in Latin and South America to follow this month.
Both novels received advances of €15,000 with the prize, which “undoubtedly puts the books on the radar of international publishers who may be interested in their translation,” said Anagrama’s editorial director Silvia Sesé.
