• Espasa Award 2021 'Los ingratos', by Pedro Simón

The novel

Operación Kazán

by the journalist Vicente Vallés has won the Spring Prize 2022,

endowed with 100,000 euros

, according to the jury's decision made public this Friday, which has highlighted the intriguing plot of this espionage story that spans almost the entire 20th century and what we have of XXI.

The winning novel of the 26th edition of the Primavera Prize, convened by the Espasa publishing house and Ámbito Cultural de El Corte Inglés, is a story "full of intrigue that,

from a very original perspective, poses a fictional subject that could well be of the most absolute reality

", indicated the jury.

A total of 1,428 originals have been submitted to this call for the award, of which 694 came from Spain, followed by Argentina and Mexico, with 223 and 110 originals, respectively.

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