Eva García Sáenz de Urturi has obtained the Planeta 2020 Prize with the novel Aquitaine Y Sandra Barneda has been a finalist with An ocean until it reaches you. The ceremony that proclaimed the winners was held yesterday in a different format than usual, at the Palau de la Música Catalana. The Vice President of the Government, Carmen Calvo, the Government Delegate in Catalonia, Teresa Cunillera, the Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau and the President of Grupo Planeta, José Creuheras attended.

The Jury was made up of José Manuel Blecua, Fernando Delgado, Juan Eslava Galán, Pere Gimferrer, Carmen Posadas, Rosa Regàs and Belén López.

This sixty-ninth edition has once again confirmed the great interest that this award arouses in the field of literature beyond our borders: 582 originals were received from different parts of the world.

The Planeta Novel Prize has a prize of 601,000 euros for the winning work and 150,250 for the finalist.

The awarding of the Planeta Prize and the subsequent press conference could be followed in streaming on the web pages: www.premioplaneta.es, www.planetadelibros.com and www.casadellibro.com. Also live on the Twitter and Instagram accounts of @PremioPlaneta and @Planetadelibros.

Aquitaine Y An ocean until it reaches you They will be on sale in bookstores throughout Spain next Thursday, November 5.



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