# Ramon Llull Novel Award

The Ramon Llull Novel Award (Spanish: Premio Ramon Llull de novela; Catalan: Premi de les Lletres Catalanes Ramon Llull) is an honor given annually to a novel originally written in Catalan. Conceived in 1981 by editor José Manuel Lara Hernández [es], it is awarded by the Planeta publishing house in conjunction with the Government of Andorra. It confers a monetary prize, originally 250,000 pesetas and now €60,000 (US$70,962). It recognizes works of the greatest economic value in the Catalan language.
The original objective of the award was not only to encourage the writing of books in Catalan, but also to provide the greatest possible social and commercial dissemination, both to the works and to the authors. Therefore, the winning work is not only published in Catalan, but is immediately translated into Spanish and distributed throughout Spain and Latin America.
Although initially the award was reserved for novels, it is currently also open to essays and memoirs.

## Winners

| Edition | Year | Work | Author |
| 1st | 1981 | Les aventures del cavaller Kosmas | Joan Perucho |
| 2nd | 1982 | Sala de miralls | Ramon Folch i Camarasa [ca] |
| 3rd | 1983 | Fortuny | Pere Gimferrer |
| 4th | 1984 | El rellotge del pont d'Esplugues | Ignasi Riera [es] |
| 5th | 1985 | El misteri del Cant Z-506 | Miquel Ferrà [es] |
| 6th | 1986 | Zona marítima | Olga Xirinacs Díaz |
| 7th | 1987 | Somni Delta | Valentí Puig [es] |
| 8th | 1988 | Moro de rei | Pau Faner Coll |
| 9th | 1989 | Joc de miralls | Carme Riera |
| 10th | 1990 | Elogi de la passió pura | Sebastià Serrano [es] |
| 11th | 1991 | Castell de cartes | Luis Romero |
| 12th | 1992 | El sexe dels àngels | Terenci Moix |
| 13th | 1993 | El jardí de les palmeres | Jaume Fuster [es] |
| 14th | 1994 | La Rambla fa baixada | Néstor Luján [es] |
| 15th | 1995 | Marià Manent, biografía íntima i literària | Albert Manent |
| 16th | 1996 | Santa Maria, pa cada dia | Josep Maria Ballarín i Monset [ca] |
| 17th | 1997 | D'avui a demà | Joan Corbella |
| 18th | 1998 | Parada obligatòria | Joan Barril |
| 19th | 1999 | Lola | Maria de la Pau Janer |
| 20th | 2000 | Delictes d'amor | Maria Mercè Roca |
| 21st | 2001 | L'emperador o l'ull del vent | Baltasar Porcel |
| 22nd | 2002 | Les seduccions de Júlia | Màrius Carol [es] |
| 23rd | 2003 | El final de joc | Gemma Lienas |
| 24th | 2004 | Les set aromes del món | Alfred Bosch |
| 25th | 2005 | Per un sac d'ossos | Lluís-Anton Baulenas |
| 26th | 2006 | Farsa | Màrius Serra |
| 27th | 2007 | Tigres | Gabriel Janer Manila |
| 28th | 2008 | L'últim patriarca | Najat El Hachmi |
| 29th | 2009 | L'últim home que parlava català | Carles Casajuana [es] |
| 30th | 2010 | Tenim un nom | Vicenç Villatoro [es] |
| 31st | 2011 | Amor i guerra | Nuria Amat |
| 32nd | 2012 | La dona veloç | Imma Monsó |
| 33rd | 2013 | L'estiu que comença | Sílvia Soler |
| 34th | 2014 | Desig de xocolata | Care Santos |
| 35th | 2015 | Algú com tu | Xavier Bosch |
| 36th | 2016 | La filla del capità Groc | Víctor Amela |
| 37th | 2017 | Rosa de cendra | Pilar Rahola |
| 38th | 2018 | La força d'un destí | Martí Gironell [es] |
| 39th | 2019 | El fill de l'italià | Rafel Nadal |
| 40th | 2020 | Tota una vida per recordar | Núria Pradas |
| 41st | 2021 | L'home que va viure dues vegades | Gerard Quintana |
| 42nd | 2022 | Benvolguda | Empar Moliner |
| 43rd | 2023 | París érem nosaltres | Andreu Claret |
| 44fh | 2024 | Història d'un piano | Ramon Gener |