Premios Ignotus Winners
November 8th, 2009 by Editors
It has been a busy week or so in Spain. Last weekend we had the Xatafi-Cyberdark Awards. During the week we had the Premios Nocte. And now here are the winners of the Spanish fan-voted awards, the Premios Ignotus:
- Best Novel: Día de Perros (Day of the Dogs), David Jasso (Ed. Hegemón)
- Best Novella: Cuarenta siglos os contemplan (The 40th Century is watching you), Sergio Mars (Grupo AJEC)
- Best Short Story: “Lluvia sangrienta” (“Bloody rain”), Roberto Malo (Mira Editores)
- Best Anthology: Bebés jugando con cuchillos (Babies playing with knives), Santiago Eximeno (Grupo AJEC)
- Best Non-Fiction Book: Del folletín al bolsilibro: 50 años de la novela popular española (1900-1950), (From newspaper serial to paperback: 50 years of Spanish popular novels (1900-1950)), Fdo. Eguidazu (Silente)
- Best Non-Fiction Essay: “Los dioses astronautas en la ciencia ficción”, (“Astronaut gods in science fiction”), Mario Moreno Cortina (BEM On Line)
- Best Illustration: Cover of David Jass’s Día de Perros, Cuca Baquero (Ed. Hegemón)
- Best Audio Visual Production: Los Cronocrímenes (The Chronocrimes), Nacho Vigalondo (cine)
- Best Comic: La legión del espacio (The space legion), Alfredo Álamo and Fedde Carroza
- Best Poetry: “Las increíbles suburbanas aventuras de la Brigada Poética” (“The incredible suburban adventures of the Poetical Squad”), Alberto García-Teresa (Umbrales)
- Best Magazine: Hélica, the Xatafi cultural association
- Best Translated Novel: El sindicato de policía Yiddish (The Yiddish Policemen’s Union), Michael Chabon (Mondadori)
- Best Translated Short Story: “El índice”, (“The Index”). J.G. Ballard (Berenice)
- Best Web Site: BEM On Line – Interface Group
Thanks once again to Tanya Tynjälä for keeping us up to date. As usual, corrections to our translations are appreciated.
