Premio Adonáis de Poesía
The Premio Adonáis, or Adonais Prize for Poetry, is awarded annually in Spain by Ediciones RIALP to an unpublished Spanish language poem. Runners-up are also recognized.
Named after the collection of the same name, the Adonais Prize was created in 1943 (a year before the Premio Nadal) by the publishing house Biblioteca Hispánica, which was then directed by Juan Gerrero Ruiz, best friend of Juan Ramón Jiménez. In 1946, the Prize was placed in the hands of Ediciones RIALP, which has maintained it to this day.
In its first few years, the Prize contributed to the rise of major poets of the Spanish postwar period. The Adonais is similar to the Premio Hiperión, which also promotes young authors.
The prize is awarded in December of each year.
List of winning authors and books
- 1943. José Suárez Carreño (Spain), Edad del hombre; Vicente Gaos (Spain), Arcángel de mi noche; Alfonso Moreno (Spain), El vuelo de la carne.
- 1944. Not awarded.
- 1945. Not awarded.
- 1946. Not awarded.
- 1947. José Hierro (Spain), Alegría.
- 1950. José García Nieto (Spain), Dama de soledad.
- Runners-up: Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), Habitada claridad; Carlos Salomón (Spain), La sed.
- 1952. Antonio Fernández Spencer (Dominican Republic), Bajo la luz del día.
- Runners-up: Salvador Pérez Valiente (Spain), Por tercera vez; Susana March (Spain), La tristeza; Jaime Ferrán (Spain), Desde esta orilla; Jesús López Pacheco (Spain), Dejad crecer este silencio.
- 1953. Claudio Rodríguez (Spain), Don de la ebriedad.
- Runners-up: Pino Ojeda (Spain), Como el fruto en el árbol; Pilar Paz Pasamar (Spain), Los buenos días.
- 1954. José Ángel Valente (Spain), A modo de esperanza.
- Runners-up: Carlos Murciano (Spain), Viento en la carne; José Agustín Goytisolo (Spain), El retorno.
- 1955. Javier de Bengoechea (Spain), Hombre en forma de elegía.
- Runners-up: Maria Beneyto (Spain), Tierra viva; Ángel González (Spain), Áspero mundo.
- 1956. María Elvira Lacaci (Spain), Humana voz.
- 1959. Francisco Brines (Spain), Las brasas.
- Runners-up: Luis Martínez Drake (Spain), La yerba; Antonio Gala (Spain), Enemigo íntimo.
- Runners-up: Juan Van-Halen (Spain), La frontera; José Roberto Cea (Spain), Códice liberado.
- 1968. Roberto Sosa (Honduras), Los pobres.
- Runners-up: Eugenio Padorno (Spain), Metamorfosis; Antonio Colinas (Spain), Preludios a una noche total.
- Runners-up: Manuel Ríos Ruiz (Spain), Amores con la tierra; Pablo Armando Fernández (Spain), Un sitio permanente.
- Runners-up: Paloma Palao (Spain), El gato junto al agua; Justo Jorge Padrón (Spain), Los oscuros fuegos; José Luis Núñez (Spain), Los motivos del tigre.
- 1971. José Infante (Spain), Elegía y no.
- Runners-up: Antonio Quintana (Spain), El ojo único del unicornio; Antonio Domínguez Rey (Spain), Garlopa marina.
- Runners-up: Alfredo J. Ramos Campos (Spain), Esquinas del destierro; Antolín Iglesias Páramo (Spain), Afueras del Edén.
- 1979. Laureano Albán (Costa Rica), Herencia del otoño.
- 1980. Blanca Andreu (Spain), De una niña de provincias que vino a vivir en un Chagall.
- Runners-up: Julieta Dobles (Spain), Hora de lejanías; Rafael Duarte (Spain), Los viejos mitos del asombro.
- 1982. Luis García Montero (Spain), El jardín extranjero.
- Runners-up: Fernando Beltrán (Spain), Aquelarre en Madrid; Amparo Amorós (Spain), Ludia.
- 1983. Javier Peñas Navarro, Adjetivos sin agua, adjetivos con agua.
- 1988. Miguel Sánchez Gatell, La soledad absoluta de la tierra.
- Runners-up: Aurora Luque (Spain), Problemas de doblaje; Francisco M. Monterde (Spain), Penúltima lectura del silencio.
- Runners-up: Aurelio González Ovies (Spain), Vengo del Norte; Enrique Ortiz Sierra (Spain), Extraño abordaje.
- Runners-up: Berta Serra Manzanares (Spain), Frente al Mar de 1994 in poetry|Citerea; Enrique Falcón (Spain), La marcha de 150.000.000.
- 1994. Ana Merino (Spain), Preparativos para un viaje.
- Runners-up: Beatriz Hernanz (Spain), La vigilia del tiempo; Antonio Lucas (Spain), Antes del mundo.
- Runners-up: Javier Cano (Spain), Lugares para un exilio; Rafael Antúnez Arce (Spain), Nada que decir.
- 2006. Jorge Galán, pseudonym of George Alexander Portillo (El Salvador), Breve historia del Alba.
Sources
Translated from: Premio Adonais de Poesía - Spanish language Wikipedia