Premio Hammett
The Premio Hammett ( Premio Hammet a la mejor novela negra en español ; not to be confused with the North American Hammett Prize ) is a Spanish literary prize that has been awarded to the best Spanish-language detective novel published last year since 1988 . It is awarded every year in July by the Asociación Internacional de Escritores Policíacos (AIEP), the international association of crime writers , at the week-long Semana Negra (English: "Black Week" ), a literary festival that takes place in Gijón , Spain . The award was named after Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), who is one of the pioneers of American hard-boiled crime.
Award winners
Spanish crime writers were most frequently awarded the Premio Hammett (16 victories, including authors with dual nationalities), followed by their colleagues from Argentina (11), Mexico (8) and Cuba (5). The most successful authors are the Spaniard Paco Ignacio Taibo II , who lives in Mexico, and his compatriot Andreu Martín , who each won the prize three times.
| year | Prize Winner (Nationality) | Novel title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Spain / Mexico) | La vida misma | The bizarre life |
| 1989 | Andreu Martín (Spain) | Barcelona Connection | Barcelona Connection |
| 1990 | Sergio Ramírez ( Nicaragua ) | Castigo divino | |
| 1991 | Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Spain / Mexico) | Cuatro manos | Four hands |
| 1992 | Daniel Chavarría ( Uruguay / Cuba) | Allá ellos | |
| 1993 | Andreu Martín (Spain) | El hombre de la navaja | The city, the knife and death |
| 1994 | Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Spain / Mexico) | La bicicleta de Leonardo | Leonardo da Vinci's bicycle |
| 1995 | Rolo Díez (Argentina / Mexico) | Luna de escarlata | |
| 1996 | Juan Damonte (Argentina) | Chau papá | Ciao Papá |
| 1997 | Javier Azpeitia (Spain) | Hipnos | |
| Juan Hernández Luna (Mexico) | Tabaco for el puma | ||
| 1998 | Leonardo Padura (Cuba) | Paisaje de otoño | The sea of illusions |
| 1999 | Justo E. Vasco (Cuba) | Mirando espero | |
| 2000 | Jorge Franco Ramos ( Colombia ) | Rosario Tijeras | The scissors woman |
| 2001 | Andreu Martín (Spain) | Bellísimas personas | |
| 2002 | José Carlos Somoza (Spain) | Clara y la penumbra | Clara |
| 2003 | Francisco González Ledesma (Spain) | El pecado or algo parecido | |
| José Latour (Cuba) | Mundos sucios | ||
| 2004 | Rolo Díez (Argentina / Mexico) | Papule picado | |
| 2005 | Raúl Argemí (Argentina) | Penúltimo nombre de guerra | Chameleon cacho |
| Rafael Ramírez Heredia (Mexico) | La Mara | ||
| 2006 | Leonardo Padura (Cuba) | La Neblina del Ayer | Yesterday's fog |
| 2007 | Juan Hernández Luna (Mexico) | Cadáver de ciudad | |
| 2008 | Juan Ramón Biedma (Spain) | El imán y la brújula | |
| Leonardo Oyola (Argentina) | Chamame | ||
| 2009 | David Torres (Spain) | Niños de tiza | |
| Guillermo Saccomano (Argentina) | 77 | ||
| 2010 | Guillermo Orsi (Argentina) | Nadie ama a un policía | At dawn |
| 2011 | Ricardo Piglia (Argentina) | Blanco nocturno | |
| 2012 | Cristina Fallarás (Spain) | Las niñas perdidas | |
| 2013 | Guillermo Saccomano (Argentina) | Cámara company | |
| 2014 | Alexis Ravelo (Spain) | The strategy of the pequinés | |
| 2015 | Carlos Zanón (Spain) | Yo fui Johnny Thunders | |
| 2016 | Marcelo Luján (Argentina) | Subsuelo | |
| 2017 | David Llorente (Spain) | Madrid: frontera | |
| 2018 | Juan Bas (Spain) | El refugio de los canallas | |
| 2019 | Carlos Bassas del Rey (USA) | Justo | |
| Juan Sasturain (Argentina) | El último Hammett |
Web links
- Official website of the Semana Negra (Spanish)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prices 2012 ( memento of March 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at semananegra.org (Spanish; accessed on August 26, 2012).
- ^ Gana premio 'Papel Picado . In: Mural (Mexico), July 18, 2004, Edic. 6 Nº2064, Cultura, p. 14 (Spanish).
- ↑ Brief portrait at crimewritersna.org (English)