Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
Juan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Complutense.
Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador is a Spanish award-winning writer. After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002.
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz is an Argentine journalist and author.
Hernán Rivera Letelier is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta (Chile) saltpeter mining town. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where his mother died. His siblings went to live with his aunts. He stayed in Antofagasta, alone, until he was about 11. To survive, he sold newspapers. Later he worked as a messenger for Anglo Lautaro Nirate Company, until his thirst for adventure led him to spend three years traveling in Chile, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador and Argentina. He returned to Antofagasta in 1973 and began to work at another company, Mantos Blancos. He married a 17-year-old girl when he was 24. Later he left for Pedro de Valdivia, another saltpeter mining town. He completed his seventh and eighth years of study at night school, and at the Inacap educational institute he earned his license as a secondary education instructor. Today he lives in Antofagasta with his wife and four children. He has received the Premio Consejo Nacional de Libro twice, in 1994 and 1996. His novel El arte de la resurrección won the Premio Alfaguara de Novela in Spain in 2010.
Daniel Sada was a Mexican poet, journalist and writer, whose work has been hailed as one of the most important contributions to the Spanish language. He organized many poetry workshops in Mexico City and several other cities. He was granted a scholarship by the INBA and FONCA and, since 1994, he was member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte.
Clara Sánchez is a Spanish novelist. Among other literary awards, Sánchez won the 2013 Premio Planeta de Novela for her novel El cielo ha vuelto.
Jorge Franco Ramos is a writer from Colombia, known primarily for his novel Rosario Tijeras, which has been adapted for film and television.
Luis Ramón Leante Chacón, commonly known as Luis Leante, is a Spanish novelist and Latin professor.
The Alfaguara Novel Prize is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of US$175,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Alfaguara, a publisher owned by Penguin Random House.
Fulgencio Argüelles, is a Spanish writer and psychologist.
José Ovejero is a Spanish writer. He was born in Madrid but has lived outside Spain for the greater part of his life. He has worked in a variety of genres, including poetry, drama, essays, short stories and novels. He won the 2013 Premio Alfaguara for his novel La invención del amor.
Leopoldo Brizuela is an Argentine journalist, writer and translator. He was born in La Plata in 1963.
The 33rd TVyNovelas Awards, is an Academy of special awards to the best of soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on March 8, 2015 in Mexico City.The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las estrellas and in the United States by Univision.
José Edmundo Paz-Soldán Ávila is a Bolivian writer. His work is a prominent example of the Latin American literary movement known as McOndo, in which the magical realism of previous Latin American authors is supplanted by modern realism, often with a technological focus. His work has won several awards. He has lived in the United States since 1991, and has taught literature at Cornell University since 1997.
Use Lahoz is a Spanish writer of historical fiction. He was born in Barcelona, and has lived in many countries for study or work, including Portugal, Germany, Italy, Uruguay, Cuba and France. He made his debut as a novelist with Leer del revés, which featured at the Festival du Premier Roman de Chambèry (France). In 2009, he published Los Baldrich (Alfaguara), which was applauded by critics and readers alike. His third novel La estación perdida, won the Premio Ojo Crítico in 2012. He ventured into juvenile literature with his book Volverán a por mí, co-authored with Josan Hatero. The book won the Premio La Galera Jóvenes Lectores in 2011.
Andrés Trapiello is a noted Spanish poet and writer. He was born in Manzaneda de Torío, León, and studied at the University of Valladolid. He moved to Madrid in 1975, and has lived in the capital ever since.
