Juan del Val responds to reviews after winning the Planeta Prize. The author asks people to wait for the publication of ‘Vera’ before judging the award.
He distinguishes between fair criticism and attacks on social media. He wins the Planeta Prize under a pseudonym from among 1,320 entries. He champions popular literature and his career prior to television.
Writer and talk show host Juan del Val has responded to the controversy surrounding his victory in the 2025 Planeta Prize with the novel ‘Vera, una historia de amor.’ In his statements, he has insisted that it is reasonable to read the work before passing judgment on the relevance of the jury's decision.
In various public appearances, from La Roca and El Hormiguero to press and radio interviews, he has drawn a clear line between literary debate and social media noise: he accepts well-founded criticism and ignores personal attacks. At the same time, he stresses that the trophy is a boost, but not something that will change his life, and that his goal remains to reach more readers.
