Sergio Hernández, Finalist of the Planet: "Poetry Saved My Life, but with the Prize Money I Will Pay the Entrance to a Flat"
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The past does not rest (only) in the history books; it remains crouched in the subsoil of a country always pending its own trajectory. With that certainty, Sergio Hernández Carrasco defends La añoranza, the work that has elevated him as a finalist of the Planet Prize and that now reaches the bookstores at a marked moment ... Continue reading "Sergio Hernández and the postwar love in ‘La añoranza’: «In this country there is a lot of crispation, t…
The writer, born in Valencia 32 years ago, has taken the award with his novel 'La añoranza', a story of crossed love for Machado's non-return from exile.
La añoranza, the first novel by Valencian Sergio Hernández and finalist for the 2026 Planeta Award, arises to pay tribute to Antonio Machado, to historical memory and exile, and also with the intention of continuing to talk about the Civil War and repression: "Spain has problems talking about the past."
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laprovincia.esJulia Ferré is 18 years old when, fleeing from the Civil Guard in a demonstration against Francoism, she finds refuge in the house of a stranger. It is 1959, in Barcelona. He is called Bastian Ballard, a French translator and will end up becoming much more than that man who opened the door to her. Thus begins The longing, the novel by Sergio Hernández (Valencia, 1994) that has been finalist of the Planet 2026 Prize. The writer, discreet and eleg…
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Diario de AlmeríaThe Valencian publishes ‘La añoranza’, a story of a love disillusionment and a tribute to Antonio Machado.
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