Premio Adonáis de Poesía
The Premio Adonáis, or Adonais Prize for Poetry, is awarded annually in Spain by Ediciones RIALP to an unpublished Spanish language poem. Runners-up are also recognized.
Named after the collection of the same name, the Adonais Prize was created in 1943 (a year before the Premio Nadal) by the publishing house Biblioteca Hispánica, which was then directed by Juan Gerrero Ruiz, best friend of Juan Ramón Jiménez. In 1946, the Prize was placed in the hands of Ediciones RIALP, which has maintained it to this day.
In its first few years, the Prize contributed to the rise of major poets of the Spanish postwar period. The Adonais is similar to the , which also promotes young authors.
The prize is awarded in December of each year.
List of winning authors and books[]
- 1943. José Suárez Carreño (Spain), Edad del hombre; Vicente Gaos (Spain), Arcángel de mi noche; (Spain), El vuelo de la carne.
- 1944. Not awarded.
- 1945. Not awarded.
- 1946. Not awarded.
- 1947. José Hierro (Spain), Alegría.
- 1950. José García Nieto (Spain), Dama de soledad.
- Runners-up: Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), Habitada claridad; Carlos Salomón (Spain), La sed.
- Runners-up: José Manuel Caballero Bonald (Spain), Las adivinaciones; (Spain), Umbral de armonía; (Spain), La soledad y el encuentro; (Spain), La vida conquistada.
- 1952. (Dominican Republic), Bajo la luz del día.
- Runners-up: (Spain), Por tercera vez; Susana March (Spain), La tristeza; (Spain), Desde esta orilla; Jesús López Pacheco (Spain), Dejad crecer este silencio.
- 1953. Claudio Rodríguez (Spain), Don de la ebriedad.
- Runners-up: (Spain), Como el fruto en el árbol; Pilar Paz Pasamar (Spain), Los buenos días.
- 1954. José Ángel Valente (Spain), A modo de esperanza.
- Runners-up: Carlos Murciano (Spain), Viento en la carne; José Agustín Goytisolo (Spain), El retorno.
- 1955. Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), Hombre en forma de elegía.
- Runners-up: Maria Beneyto (Spain), Tierra viva; Ángel González (Spain), Áspero mundo.
- 1956. María Elvira Lacaci (Spain), Humana voz.
- 1959. Francisco Brines (Spain), Las brasas.
- Runners-up: (Spain), La yerba; Antonio Gala (Spain), Enemigo íntimo.
- 1962. Jesús Hilario Tundidor (Spain), Junto a mi silencio.
- 1963. Félix Grande (Spain), Las piedras.
- Runners-up: (Spain), La frontera; José Roberto Cea (Spain), Códice liberado.
- 1968. Roberto Sosa (Honduras), Los pobres.
- Runners-up: (Spain), Metamorfosis; Antonio Colinas (Spain), Preludios a una noche total.
- Runners-up: (Spain), Amores con la tierra; Pablo Armando Fernández (Spain), Un sitio permanente.
- Runners-up: (Spain), El gato junto al agua; Justo Jorge Padrón (Spain), Los oscuros fuegos; (Spain), Los motivos del tigre.
- 1971. José Infante (Spain), Elegía y no.
- Runners-up: Antonio Quintana (Spain), El ojo único del unicornio; (Spain), Garlopa marina.
- Runners-up: Alfredo J. Ramos Campos (Spain), Esquinas del destierro; (Spain), Afueras del Edén.
- 1979. Laureano Albán (Costa Rica), Herencia del otoño.
- 1980. Blanca Andreu (Spain), De una niña de provincias que vino a vivir en un Chagall.
- Runners-up: Julieta Dobles (Spain), Hora de lejanías; (Spain), Los viejos mitos del asombro.
- 1982. Luis García Montero (Spain), El jardín extranjero.
- Runners-up: Fernando Beltrán (Spain), Aquelarre en Madrid; (Spain), Ludia.
- 1983. , Adjetivos sin agua, adjetivos con agua.
- 1988. , La soledad absoluta de la tierra.
- Runners-up: José Luis Díaz (Spain), Los pasos de la ceniza; (Spain), Biografía de un traficante de no sé.
- Runners-up: Aurora Luque (Spain), Problemas de doblaje; (Spain), Penúltima lectura del silencio.
- Runners-up: Aurelio González Ovies (Spain), Vengo del Norte; (Spain), Extraño abordaje.
- Runners-up: Berta Serra Manzanares (Spain), Frente al Mar de 1994 in poetry|Citerea; (Spain), La marcha de 150.000.000.
- 1994. Ana Merino (Spain), Preparativos para un viaje.
- Runners-up: Beatriz Hernanz (Spain), La vigilia del tiempo; (Spain), Antes del mundo.
- Runners-up: Javier Cano (Spain), Lugares para un exilio; (Spain), Nada que decir.
- 2006. Jorge Galán, pseudonym of George Alexander Portillo (El Salvador), Breve historia del Alba.
Sources[]
Translated from: Premio Adonais de Poesía - Spanish language Wikipedia
External links[]
- Spanish literary awards
- Poetry awards
- Awards established in 1943