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Premio Planeta de Novela.

Spanish award for unpublished novels (1952–)

Isabel Allende Wins €1 Million Planeta Prize for Dictatorship Sequel

Chilean novelist Isabel Allende won Spain’s 2026 Planeta Prize, receiving €1 million for The Hour Before Dawn, a sequel to The House of the Spirits. The novel follows Alba as she faces the aftermath of imprisonment and torture under Chile’s dictatorship; Allende said its themes of authoritarianism and threatened democracy feel especially timely.

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The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.

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Country: Spain
Inception: 1952, October 15, 1952
Website: http://www.premioplaneta.es, https://www.premioplaneta.es/historia/ganadores.html, https://www.premioplaneta.es/historia/finalistas.html