# Josep Pla Award

The Josep Pla Award (Spanish: Premio Josep Pla; Catalan: Premi Josep Pla) is a Spanish literary prize, awarded by the Destino publishing house since 1968, to a prose text written in Catalan. It is open to all genres: novel, short story, narrative, travel book, memoir, biography, diary, etc. Its name pays tribute to Josep Pla, considered one of the most important prose writers of contemporary Catalan literature.
It is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded to literature in Catalan. The award ceremony takes place every 6 January, during the night of Epiphany, at the Hotel El Palace [es] in Barcelona. The Premio Nadal is also awarded at the same ceremony.

## Winners

| Edition | Year | Work | Author |
| 1st | 1968 | Onades sobre una roca deserta | Terenci Moix |
| 2nd | 1969 | Difunts sota els ametllers en flor | Baltasar Porcel |
| 3rd | 1970 | El testament de Praga | Teresa Pàmies |
| 4th | 1971 | Els alicorns | Gabriel Janer Manila |
| 5th | 1972 | El temps barrat | Alexandre Cirici [es] |
| 6th | 1973 | Andrea Victrix | Llorenç Villalonga |
| 7th | 1974 | El vel de Maia | Marià Manent [ca] |
| 8th | 1975 | Historia del cercle artistic de Sant Lluc | Enric Jardí [ca] |
| 9th | 1976 | Contraataquen | Carles Reig [ca] |
| 10th | 1977 | Josep Pla o la raó narrativa | Josep Maria Castellet |
| 11th | 1978 | Les closes | Maria Àngels Anglada |
| 12th | 1979 | Gent que he conegut | Jaume Miravitlles |
| 13th | 1980 | La noia a la sorra | Jordi Sarsanedas [ca] |
| 14th | 1981 | El cingle verd | Josep Piera [ca] |
| 15th | 1982 | Interior amb difunts | Olga Xirinacs |
| 16th | 1983 | Fins al cel | Pau Faner |
| 17th | 1984 | Papers contra la cinta magnética | Norbert Bilbeny [ca] |
| 18th | 1985 | Tretze biografies imperfectes | Gerard Vergés [ca] |
| 19th | 1986 | El present que m'acull | Maria Mercè Roca |
| 20th | 1987 | El solc de les hores | Albert Manent |
| 21st | 1988 | Quadern venecià | Àlex Susanna |
| 22nd | 1989–1990 | Illa Flaubert | Miquel Àngel Riera [ca] |
| 23rd | 1991 | El cortesà i el seu fantasma | Xavier Rubert de Ventós |
| 24th | 1992 | La japonesa | Jordi Coca [ca] |
| 25th | 1993 | El cap de Penteu | Xavier Roca Ferrer [ca] |
| 26th | 1994 | Dins el darrer blau | Carme Riera |
| 27th | 1995 | Dibuix de dona amb ocells blancs | Isabel Olesti [ca] |
| 28th | 1996 | Cita a tombuctú | Pep Subirós [ca] |
| 29th | 1997 | El legislador | Miquel de Palol |
| 30th | 1998 | L'home de l'abric | Valentí Puig [ca] |
| 31st | 1999 | Apocalipsi blanc | Francesc Puigpelat [ca] |
| 32nd | 2000 | Feli estheticienne | Empar Moliner |
| 33rd | 2001 | Nitrato de Chile | Jordi Llavina [ca] |
| 34th | 2002 | Una victòria diferent | Eva Piquer [ca] |
| 35th | 2003 | L'últim evangeli | Héctor Bofill [ca] |
| 36th | 2004 | La llibreta groga | Robert Saladrigas |
| 37th | 2005 | La pell i la princesa | Sebastià Alzamora |
| 38th | 2006 | El mal francés | Lluís Maria Todó [ca] |
| 39th | 2007 | El retorn de Voltaire | Martí Domínguez [ca] |
| 40th | 2008 | La batalla de Walter Stamm | Melcior Comes [ca] |
| 41st | 2009 | El silenci | Gaspar Hernàndez [ca] |
| 42nd | 2010 | Egosurfing | Llucia Ramis |
| 43rd | 2011 | El cau del conill | Cristian Segura [ca] |
| 44th | 2012 | Quan érem feliços | Rafel Nadal |
| 45th | 2013 | Una famíla exemplar | Genís Sinca [ca] |
| 46th | 2014 | Els ambaixadors | Albert Villaró i Boix [ca] |
| 47th | 2015 | El poeta del poble | Andreu Carranza [ca] |
| 48th | 2016 | Aquella porta giratòria | Lluís Foix [ca] |
| 49th | 2017 | La fada negra | Xavier Theros [ca] |
| 50th | 2018 | Bon dia, són les vuit! | Antoni Bassas i Onieva [ca] |
| 51st | 2019 | La vigília | Marc Artigau i Queralt [ca] |
| 52nd | 2020 | Pluja d'estels | Laia Aguilar Sariol [ca] |
| 53rd | 2021 | Tàndem | Maria Barbal |
| 54th | 2022 | La vall de la llum | Toni Cruanyes [ca] |
| 55th | 2023 | La llei de l'hivern | Gemma Ventura Farré [ca] |
| 56th | 2024 | La Germandat de l'Àngel Caigut | Jaume Clotet |