Golden Book Awards

Premios Libro de Oro
Golden Book Awards
Awarded forBestselling books in Uruguay
Sponsored byUruguayan Book Chamber [es]
CountryUruguay
WebsiteCámara Uruguaya del Libro

The Golden Book Awards (Spanish: Premios Libro de Oro) were created to honor Uruguayan and foreign best-selling books published in Uruguay. The prizes are awarded by the Uruguayan Book Chamber [es] (CUL).[1]

The prizes are awarded each December in the categories general interest, nonfiction, children's and young adult fiction, and adult fiction for national and foreign books.

2013 winners

Uruguayan

  • La confesión de Micaela [es] by Cecilia Curbelo
  • Hasta la última gota by Federico Castillo and Horacio Varoli
  • Voces anónimas (Siniestro) [es] by Guillermo Lockhart [es]

International

  • The One Direction Story by Danny White
  • Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
  • Toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad by Luis Ventura [es]
  • 2012 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru [es][2][3]

2014 winners

Uruguayan

  • La otra vida de Belén [es] by Cecilia Curbelo
  • Serás mía o de nadie [es] by Diego Fischer
  • El caso Bonapelch [es] by Hugo Burel

International

  • Historias inconscientes [es] by Gabriel Rolón [es]
  • El juego de Ripper [es] by Isabel Allende
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green[4]

2015 winners

Uruguayan

  • La búsqueda de Lucía [es] by Cecilia Curbelo
  • Una oveja negra al poder by Andrés Danza and Ernesto Tulbovitz
  • Educar sin culpa by Alejandro de Barbieri
  • Voces anónimas (Limbo) by Guillermo Lockhart

International

  • El amante japonés [es] by Isabel Allende
  • 2014 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru
  • Pablo Escobar [es] by Juan Pablo Escobar
  • Paper Towns by John Green[5]

2016 winners

Uruguayan

  • Carlota Ferreira [es] by Diego Fischer
  • La niña que miraba los trenes partir [es] by Ruperto Long
  • Los patos que no tiene ombligo by Susana Olaondo

International

2017 winners

Uruguayan

  • Lentejas by Susana Olaondo
  • Con los días contados by Claudio Paolillo [es]
  • Una historia americana by Fernando Butazzoni
  • 2017 Crandon Institute Cooking Manual [es] from the Crandon Institute

International

  • Más allá del invierno by Isabel Allende
  • Origin by Dan Brown
  • Pablo Escobar in fraganti by Juan Pablo Escobar
  • Wigetta en las Dinolimpiadas by Vegetta777 and Willyrex
  • 2017 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "La Cámara Uruguaya del Libro entrega Libros de Oro a los más vendidos e integra nuevos legionarios" [The Uruguayan Book Chamber Delivers Golden Books to the Bestsellers and Integrates New Legionaries] (in Spanish). UNoticias. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Premios Libros de Oro y Legión del Libro" [Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Otorgaron premios Libros de Oro y Legión del Libro" [Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards Given] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Premiados Libro de Oro y Legión del Libro 2014" [2014 Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Se otorgaron los premios Libro de Oro" [The Golden Book Awards Given] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Carlota Ferreira es Libro de Oro y se transformará en serie de TV" [Carlota Ferreira is Golden Book Winner and is Transformed Into TV Series]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  7. ^ "La Cámara Uruguaya del Libro premió a las obras más vendidas" [The Uruguayan Book Chamber Awards the Bestselling Works]. El Observador (in Spanish). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Premios Libro de Oro, Esfuerzo Editorial y Legión del Libro 2017" [2017 Golden Book, Editorial Effort, and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Una opción para leer en verano: los más vendidos del año" [An Option For Reading in Spring: The Bestsellers of the Year]. El Observador (in Spanish). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.