San Clemente Literary Prize

San Clemente Literary Prize, complete name Archbishop Xoán de San Clemente Prize,O Instituto de bacharelato Rosalía de Castro celebra a vixésima edición do premio literario Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente , nova na CRTVG. commercially known as  San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca Prize, is an award with a financial endowment that is given annually in Santiago de Compostela and distinguishes works of narrative in Galician language, Spanish and other foreign literature.

 History and characteristics 
The jury for this award is made up of high school students from IES Rosalía de Castro in Santiago de Compostela and four other institutes in Galicia, ramdolmly chosen. Sometimes high-schools from other parts of Spain or Portugal have also participated.

It wants to promote reading among young people. The award in 2015 was 9,000 euros for the best novel of the year in each category: Galician novel, Spanish novel, Foreign Language novel.

The first edition of the award was in 1995.

The only writers awarded more than once are Pedro Feijoo (Vigo, Galicia), Javier Cercas (Catalonia) and Colm Tóibín (Ireland).

 List of winners 
EditionYearGalician Language NovelSpanish Language NovelOs títulos en galego son unicamente propostas de tradución do título orixinal.Foreign Language NovelI1995Suso de Toro, Tic-TacMario Vargas Llosa, Lituma en los AndesTariq Ali, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree II1996Xurxo Borrazás, CriminalJavier Marías,  Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí Jostein Gaarder, Sofies verden III1997Miguel Anxo Murado, RuídoAníbal Malvar, Unha noite con Carla (ex aequo)Antonio Soler, Los héroes de la frontera Antonio Tabucchi Sostiene Pereira IV1999Gonzalo Navaza, Erros e TánatosJaime Bayly, Los últimos días de “La Prensa”José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueiraV1999Manuel Rivas, O lapis do carpinteiroCarmen Martín Gaite, Irse de casa Alessandro Baricco, Castelli di rabbia  VI2001Xelís de Toro, Os saltimbanquis no paraísoHernán Rivera Letelier, Fatamorgana con banda de músicaPaul Auster,  Timbuktu VII2003Bento da Cruz, A LobaManuel de Lope La sangre ajena Milan Kundera, L'ignorance  VIII2003Marilar Aleixandre, Teoría do caosLaura Restrepo, Leopardo al sol Amélie Nothomb, Méthaphysique des tubes  IX2004Rosa Aneiros, ResistenciaAlmudena Grandes, Los aires difíciles Jonathan Coe, The Rotters' Club  X2005Pilar Buela, Ácaros verdesCarlos Fuentes, La silla del águilaJeffrey Eugenides, MiddlesexXI2006Teresa Moure, A xeira das árboresÁlvaro Pombo, Una ventana al norte Melania G. Mazzucco, VitaXII2007Isidro Novo, Un escuro rumor tralo silencioJavier Cercas, La velocidad de la luz Abraham B. Yehoshua, Hakalá hameshajreret  XIII2009María Reimóndez, O Club da CalcetaVicente Molina Foix, El abrecartas  Haruki Murakami, Umibe no Kafuka  XIV2009Anxos Sumai, Así nacen as baleasLuis Landero, Hoy, Júpiter Julian Barnes, Artur & George  XV2010Inma López Silva, Memoria de Cidades sen luzIgnacio Martínez de Pisón, Dientes de lecheHenning Mankell, Kinesen  XVI2011An Alfaya, AreaquenteWilliam Ospina, El país de la canela  Erri De Luca, Il giorno prima della felicità  XVII2012Xulia Alonso, Futuro imperfectoEduardo Mendoza, Riña de gatos  Colm Tóibín, BrooklynXVIII2013Xavier Queipo, ExtramundeMarina Mayoral, Deseos Peter Stamm, Sieben Jahre  XIX2014Pedro Feijoo, Os fillos do marArturo Pérez-Reverte,  El tango de la guardia vieja Petros Márkaris, Pereosi XX2015Carlos G. Reigosa,  A Vitoria do perdedorJuan Gabriel Vásquez, Las reputaciones  Jöel Dicker, La vérite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert XXI2016Pedro Feijoo, A memoria da choivaJavier Cercas, El Impostor  Colm Tóibín, The testament of Mary XXII2017Xabier Quiroga, Izan o da sacaSara Mesa, CicatrizPierre Lemaitre, IrèneXXIII2018Xosé Monteagudo, Todo canto fomosFernando Aramburu, PatriaRalf Rothmann, Im Frühling sterbenXXIV2019Marcos Calveiro, O xardineiro dos inglesesPedro Mairal, La uruguayaHan Kang, 채식주의자 (A vexetariana)

 References 

Other websites
 Award website

Category:Santiago de Compostela
Category:Literary awards
Category:Galicia