The Planeta Prize-winning novels of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 61 votes from people: El jinete polaco — Antonio Muñoz Molina · El manuscrito carmesí — Antonio Gala · Death in the Andes — Mario Vargas Llosa. (Updated Sep 15, 2021.)
The ten novels that won the Premio Planeta between 1990 and 1999.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 10
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El jinete polaco — Antonio Muñoz Molina
1991. An interpreter reconstructs his family's history in Mágina.
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El manuscrito carmesí — Antonio Gala
1990. Boabdil, the last Nasrid king of Granada, in the first person.
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Death in the Andes — Mario Vargas Llosa
1993. A corporal investigates disappearances in the Peruvian highlands.
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La prueba del laberinto — Fernando Sánchez Dragó
1992. A journey between religion and esotericism.
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5
El desencuentro — Fernando Schwartz
1996. A novel by the diplomat and journalist Fernando Schwartz.
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Little Indiscretions — Carmen Posadas
1998. A cook dead in a cold store and the secrets of a dinner party.
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Melocotones helados — Espido Freire
1999. A young painter and her family's history; she won at 25.
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La cruz de San Andrés — Camilo José Cela
1994. A woman from A Coruña and a sect.
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The Tempest — Juan Manuel de Prada
1997. An art professor, a murder and a Giorgione painting in Venice.
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La mirada del otro — Fernando G. Delgado
1995. A mature woman's intimate life in her own words.
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Comments (5)
Lituma en los Andes, Vargas Llosa ganando el Planeta.
El jinete polaco de Muñoz Molina, de las mejores novelas españolas de los 90.
El manuscrito carmesí de Antonio Gala, sobre Boabdil.
Melocotones helados de Espido Freire, la ganadora más joven.
La tempestad de Juan Manuel de Prada, con 27 años.