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Samantha Schweblin Wins the First Aena Hispanic American Narrative Award with 'the Good Evil'

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Samantha Schweblin has become the first winner of the Aena Award of Hispanic-American Narrative with her novel El buen mal (Seix Barral), which stands out "for translating into a volume of new tales disturbing, fascinating and complex worlds.""Magisterally tour the border between the possible and the impossible with a hypnotic prose. It is a book of unsettling beauty, which places the tradition of the tale at its highest point," added Rosa Monte…

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Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin has been proclaimed winner of the first Aena Award of Hispanic-American Narrative for her work El buen mal. The award is endowed with one million euros. Argentina has imposed itself on the other four finalists: Nona Fernández, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Héctor Abad Faciolince and Enrique Vila-Matas. All of them will receive 30,000 euros. Samanta Schweblin’s work is a collection of stories whose characters are as v…

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Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin has been proclaimed winner of the first Aena Award for Hispanic American Narrative.

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Samantha Schweblin has become the first winner of the Aena Award of Hispanic-American Narrative with her novel El buen mal (Seix Barral), which stands out "for translating into a volume of new tales disturbing, fascinating and complex worlds.""Magisterally tour the border between the possible and the impossible with a hypnotic prose. It is a book of unsettling beauty, which places the tradition of the tale at its highest point," added Rosa Monte…

·Madrid, Spain
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The author has won the first edition of the award with her book of stories 'The Good Evil'. The finalists will receive 30,000 euros each

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The story book 'El buen mal' by the Argentine writer has been chosen by the jury of an award questioned for its unsurprising financial endowment. More information: The AENA Prize

·Spain
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Samanta Schweblin has won the first AENA Hispanic American Narrative Award. That is to say, she has taken a million euros for her book of accounts 'El buen mal' (Seix Barral). The Argentine writer, who on the previous day assured that her dream as a child had been to have a salary and earn a fixed every month to not have to worry about living a day, has far exceeded her humble aspirations and has become a millionaire author. Starting tomorrow, h…

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La Vanguardia broke the news in Granada, Spain on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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