Overview

• President Salvador Illa will present the XX edition at 18:00 at Madrid’s Palacio Neptuno.
• The distinction is honorary and carries no financial endowment.
• The prize returns after an eight-year suspension, last awarded in 2017 and created in 1993.
• The jury was chaired by Albert Dalmau with Núria Marín as vice president and included Jordi Amat, Àngels Barceló, Enric Juliana, Irene Escolar, José María Lassalle, Rocío Martínez-Sempere, and Carme Riera Sanfeliu.
• The announcement comes as García Montero’s dispute with the RAE continues following his recent criticism and the academy’s unanimous rebuke.