Premio Azorín
The Premio Azorín de Novela is one of the most important literary awards for works written in the Spanish language. It was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government of Alicante together with Editorial Planeta.
The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the so-called "Generation of 98", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz, who used to signs his works under the pseudonym of Azorín.
The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives 68.000 €. As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel.
