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Remedios Zafra Wins Spain’s 2025 National Essay Prize for ‘El informe’

The jury praised the book’s critique of bureaucratic and technological pressures on intellectual work.

Overview

  • The Ministry of Culture announced the award after the jury met on 7 October.
  • The prize carries a €30,000 endowment.
  • Published by Anagrama, the essay advances a “radical revolt” through the reappropriation of time and culture.
  • The panel was chaired by Jesús González González with members proposed by leading language academies and cultural institutions.
  • Zafra, a CSIC philosophy researcher with prior honors including the 2022 Jovellanos Essay Prize, is known for work on precarity, creativity and digital culture.