Premio de la Crítica Española
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The "Premios de la Crítica" are literary prizes awarded on a yearly basis by the Asociación Española de Críticos Literarios to the best narrative and poetic works published in Spain on the preceding year. The prizes cover all four official languages of Spain: Spanish or Castilian
, Catalan
, Galician, Euskera
.
There is no monetary award associated with the prizes. The awarding jury is composed of 22 members of the Associación de Criticos Literarios.
The categories are:
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, Galician, Euskera
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
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There is no monetary award associated with the prizes. The awarding jury is composed of 22 members of the Associación de Criticos Literarios.
The categories are:
- Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana, created in 1956.
- Premio de la Crítica de poesía castellana, created in 1956.
- Premio de la Crítica de narrativa catalana, awarded for the first time in 1962, and the second time in 1976, acquired regular status in 1978.
- Premio de la Crítica de poesía catalana, awarded for the first time in 1962, and the second time in 1976, acquired regular status in 1978.
- Premio de la Crítica de narrativa gallega, created in 1976.
- Premio de la Crítica de poesía gallega, created in 1976.
- Premio de la Crítica de narrativa en euskera, created in 1978.
- Premio de la Crítica de poesía en euskera, created in 1978.