Overview
- The Barcelona jury—Sergio Bang, Laura Barrachina, Adolfo García Ortega, Santiago Roncagliolo and editor Elena Ramírez—selected the novel by unanimous vote.
- Seix Barral will publish the book on March 11, confirming a rapid release following the prize.
- Organizers announced the prize at the Gran Teatre del Liceu after a one-day delay caused by a weather alert in Catalonia.
- This 68th edition drew a record 1,218 submissions, with more than half from Spain and many from Latin America.
- Correa, from Mexicali, becomes the fifth Mexican and the second woman—after Elena Poniatowska—to receive the award.