Òmnium Prize

The Òmnium Prize for Best Novel of the Year is a literary prize awarded by the Òmnium Cultural association for a Catalan-language novel. It has a €20,000 award for the author and a €5,000 award for the publisher of the work. It is the best-funded prize for a published Catalan-language novel.

History

The prize was created in 2017 with a €20,000 direct donation for the author and a marketing campaign valued at €5,000, with the intention of annually recognizing the best Catalan-language novel and make it known to the public. It is similar to the Prix Goncourt for French literature.

In the first edition, a selection committee composed of the editor of the Núvol online newspaper, Bernat Puigtobella, bookseller Olga Federico, and librarian Carme Fenoll nominated 16 novels published in 2017. Afterwards, a jury of five independent members (Harvard University professor Maria Dasca, University of Barcelona professor emeritus Rosa Cabré, University of Valencia professor Carme Gregori, University of Girona professor Xavier Pla, and cultural manager Oriol Izquierdo) selected three finalist works in the first round and selected the winner in the second round.

Winner and finalists

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