Rómulo Gallegos Prize
The Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize (Spanish: Premio internacional de novela Rómulo Gallegos) was created on 6 August 1964 by a presidential decree enacted by Venezuelan President Raúl Leoni, in honour of the Venezuelan writer and politician Rómulo Gallegos
The declared purpose of the prize is to "perpetuate and honour the work on one eminent novelist and to encourage the creative endeavours of Spanish-language writers".
It is awarded by the government of Venezuela, through the offices of the Rómulo Gallegos Centre for Latin American Studies. The first prize was given in 1967.
Winners
- 1967: La casa verde, by Mario Vargas Llosa (English translation: The Green House)
- 1972: Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez (English translation: One Hundred Years of Solitude)
- 1977: Terra nostra, by Carlos Fuentes
- 1982: Palinuro de México, by Fernando del Paso
- 1987: Los perros del paraÃso, by Abel Posse
- 1989: La casa de las dos palmas, by Manuel MejÃa Vallejo
- 1991: La visita en el tiempo, by Arturo Uslar Pietri
- 1993: Santo oficio de la memoria, by Mempo Giardinelli
- 1995: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mÃ, by Javier MarÃas
- 1997: Mal de amores, by Angeles Mastretta
- 1999: Los detectives salvajes, by Roberto Bolaño (English translation: The Savage Detectives)
- 2001: El viaje vertical, by Enrique Vila-Matas
- 2003: El desbarrancadero, by Fernando Vallejo