Two institutions grant the Fastenrath Awards: Fundación Premio Fastenrath awards writers of Spanish nationality and their Spanish works and Premi Fastenrath for Catalan works. Both were instituted with the posthumous legacy of Johannes Fastenrath Hürxthal.[1]
Luise Goldmann (1858-1914), widow of the publicist and hispanophilian Johannes Fastenrath Hurxthal (Remscheid, 1839 - Cologne, 1908), at the death of her husband, who occurred in Cologne, on March 18, 1908, wanted to institute with her legacy a series of actions in favor of writers in Spanish and Catalan, having two foundations:
a. For the «Fastenrath Prize», with a founding capital of 70,000 pts. (in 1908), he conferred on King Alfonso XIII the power to proceed in the best way he considered, always under a foundation that instituted a prize for Spanish writers, with the requirement that he be named Juan Fastenrath as tribute.
b. For the "Premi Fastenrath", with a foundational capital of 14,000 pts. (in 1908), he gave the City Council of Barcelona the power to proceed in the best way he considered, instituting an award at the Floral Games in Barcelona, a literary institution closely linked with her and her late husband, with the requirement of to bear the name of Juan Fastenrath as a tribute.
Luise Goldmann addressed a letter to King Alfonso XIII to show the founding objective of the institution and the means it has for the economic support of the same.[2]
In order to carry out Luise Goldmann's task, King Alfonso XIII constituted the Fastenrath Prize Foundation, on May 12, 1909, dependent on the Royal House, with a founding capital of 70,000 pts., assigning to the Spanish Royal Academy the administration of the foundation,[3] and therefore, the faculty to submit to the monarch the proposals for the awarding of said prizes, after discussion and voting, being the monarch the one who would ultimately grant them.
In June 1935, the Fundación Premio Fastenrath became dependent on the Ministry of Public Education and Fine Arts[4] and in September 1935 it was declared "a private charity",[5] under the protectorate of the Government of the Republic, and administrated by the then Spanish Academy.
In a similar way to the Fastenrath Prize Foundation, the Royal Spanish Academy has been administering, on the basis of legacies instituted by individuals or private funds, a series of foundations with similar prize objectives. In mid-November 2003, it merged eleven of its dependent foundations, one of which is the "Fundación Premio Fastenrath", to form the Fundación Premios Real Academia Española.[6]
The prize was awarded annually. It was always awarded to a work, in the Spanish language and carried out by writers of Spanish nationality, of literary or scientific creation, with the requirement that it had been published previously. Initially, the work submitted should have been published in the same year as the competition, but when it was split up and awarded in successive rounds in various forms, up to five, the number of years preceding publication also changed, so that all published works had the same opportunity to be submitted and awarded, regardless of the form of the award. In the case of the plays, in the first specific calls for entries, they had to have been premiered beforehand, a requirement that was later changed.Therefore, for the "Fastenrath Prize", the last call was for the "Fastenrath Prize 2002", awarded in 2003. The economic amount of the prize came from the income of the instituted legacy, and varied over time, from 2,000 pts. (1909-1946), 4,000 pts (1947-?), 8,000 pts. (1955, 1958), 5,000 pts. (1963), 6,000 pts (1956-1957, 1959–1962, 1964–1991), 500,000 pts (1992-1998), to 2,000,000 pts or the equivalent of €12,020 (1999-2002). It can be seen that the maintenance of the same economic endowment without any increase, twice over extremely long periods of up to thirty-five years, gave the prize during those years a value more symbolic and testimonial than real, and contributed only because it was considered the dean of the prizes for writers in the Spanish language.
Year[7] | Call | Period of publication | Author | Work | Mode | |
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1910 | Fastenrath 1909 | 1909 | La vida loca | Generic | ||
1911 | Fastenrath 1910[8] | 1910 | Ricardo León y Román [ex-æquo] Arturo Reyes Aguilar [ex-æquo] | El amor de los amores [ex-æquo] Béticas [ex-æquo] | Generic | |
1912 | Fastenrath 1911[9] | 1911 | Ciro Bayo y Segurola | Lazarillo español. Guía de vagos en tierras de España por un peregrino industrioso | Generic | |
1913 | Fastenrath 1912[10] | 1912 | Manuel de Sandoval y Cutolí Ibarra | De mi cercado | Generic | |
1914 | Fastenrath 1913 | 1913 | Marcos Rafael Blanco Belmonte | Al sembrar los trigos | Generic | |
1915 | Fastenrath 1914 | 1914 | La esfinge maragata[11] | Generic | ||
1916 | Fastenrath 1915 | 1915 | La casa de la Troya[12] | Generic | ||
1917 | Fastenrath 1916 | 1916 | El silencio de la Cartuja[13] | Generic | ||
1918 | Fastenrath 1917 | 1917 | El verdadero hogar[14] | Generic | ||
1919 | Fastenrath 1918[15] | 1918 | Guillermo Díaz Caneja | El sobre en blanco | Generic | |
1920 | Fastenrath 1919[16] | 1919 | Void | Void[17] | Poetry | |
1921 | Fastenrath 1919[18] [19] | 1919-1920 | Juan de Contreras y López de Ayala | Poemas castellanos[20] | Poetry | |
1921 | Fastenrath 1920 | 1919-1920 | Narciso Alonso Cortés | Zorrilla. Su vida y sus obras, 3 vols. | Literature Essay | |
1922 | Fastenrath 1921[21] | 1919-1921 | Francisco Camba | La revolución de Laíño | Novel | |
1923 | Fastenrath 1922 | 1919-1922 | Vicente Lampérez y Romea[22] | Arquitectura civil española de los siglos I al XVIII | Historical | |
1924 | Fastenrath 1923 (rectificación) | 1919-1923 | Miguel Jiménez Aquino | Various translations from Greek and Latin | Theatre | |
1925 | Fastenrath 1924 | 1921-1924 | José del Río Sainz | Versos del mar y otros poemas | Poetry | |
1926 | Fastenrath 1925 | 1921-1925 | Los autos sacramentales de Calderón. Clasificación y análisis | Literature Essay | ||
1927 | Fastenrath 1926[23] | 1922-1926 | Antonio Porras Márquez | El centro de las almas | Novel | |
1928 | Fastenrath 1927 | 1923-1927 | Félix de Llanos y Torriglia | Así llegó a reinar Isabel la Católica | Historical | |
1929 | Fastenrath 1928 | 1924-1928 | Eusebio de Gorbea Lemni | Los que no perdonan | Theatre | |
1930 | Fastenrath 1929 | 1925-1929 | Eduardo Luis del Palacio Fontán | Espuma | Poetry | |
1931 | Fastenrath 1930[24] | 1926-1930 | Un texto árabe occidental de la Leyenda de Alejandro según el manuscrito ár. XXVII de la Biblioteca de la Junta para Ampliación de Estudios | Literature Essay | ||
1932 | Fastenrath 1931[25] | 1927-1931 | Void | Void | Novel | |
1933 | Fastenrath 1932 | 1928-1932 | Agustín Millares Carlo | Tratado de paleografía española | Historical | |
1934 | Fastenrath 1933 (rectificación) | 1929-1933 | Hipólito González y Rodríguez de la Peña 'Julio Romano' | Pedro Antonio de Alarćon, el novelista romántico | Theatre | |
1935 | Fastenrath 1934 | 1930-1934 | José María Morón y Barrientos | Minero de estrellas | Poetry | |
1936 | Fastenrath 1935 | 1931-1935 | José María de Cossío y Martínez-Fortún | Los toros en la poesía castellana. Estudio y antología | Literature Essay | |
1937 | Fastenrath 1936[26] | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | |
1938 | Fastenrath 1937 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | |
1939 | Fastenrath 1938 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | |
1940 | Fastenrath 1939 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | |
1941 | Fastenrath 1940 | Francisco de Cossío y Martínez-Fortún | Manolo | Novel | ||
1942 | Fastenrath 1941 | Luciano de Taxonera [ex-æquo] Ricardo del Arco y Garay [ex-æquo] | Un político español del siglo XIX. González Bravo y su tiempo (1811-1871) [ex-æquo] Fernando el Católico. Artífice de la España Imperial [ex-æquo] | Historical | ||
1943 | Fastenrath 1942 | Adriano del Valle y Rossi | Arpa fiel | Poetry | ||
1944 | Fastenrath 1943 | Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas [ex-æquo] Juan Antonio Zunzunegui y Loredo [ex-æquo] | La poesía de san Juan de la Cruz. (Desde esta ladera) [ex-æquo] ¡Ay..., estos hijos! [ex-æquo] | Literature Essay Novel | ||
1945 | Fastenrath 1944 | Historical de Guadalajara y sus Mendozas en los siglos XV y XVI | Generic | |||
1946 | Fastenrath 1945 | Juan Antonio Cabezas | Rubén Darío. (un poeta y una vida) | Drama | ||
1947 | Fastenrath 1946 | Ginés de Albareda Herrera | Romancero del Caribe | Poetry | ||
1948 | Fastenrath 1947 | Miguel de Unamuno | Literature Essay | |||
1949 | Fastenrath 1948 | Nada | Novel | |||
1950 | Fastenrath 1949 | Void | Void | Generic | ||
1951 | Fastenrath 1950 | 1946-1950 | Celos en el aire | Drama | ||
1952 | Fastenrath 1951 | Escrito a cada instante | Poetry | |||
1953 | Fastenrath 1952 | Teoría de la expresión poética | Literature Essay | |||
1954 | Fastenrath 1953 | Novel | ||||
1955 | Fastenrath 1954 | Luis García de Valdeavellano y Arcimís | Historical de España. De los orígenes a la baja edad media | Generic | ||
1956 | Fastenrath 1955 | 1951-1955 | El baile | Drama | ||
1957 | Fastenrath 1956 | 1952-1956 | La red | Poetry | ||
1958 | Fastenrath 1957 | 1953-1957 | Introducción a la poesía española contemporánea | Literature Essay | ||
1959 | Fastenrath 1958 | 1954-1958 | Siestas con viento sur | Novel | ||
1960 | Fastenrath 1959 | Ramón Solís Llorente | El Cádiz de las Cortes | Generic | ||
1961 | Fastenrath 1960 | 1956-1960 | Drama | |||
1962 | Fastenrath 1961 | 1957-1961 | Blas de Otero | Ancia | Drama | |
1963 | Fastenrath 1962 | 1958-1962 | Lección de Rubén Darío | Literature Essay | ||
1964 | Fastenrath 1963 | 1959-1963 | Novel | |||
1965 | Fastenrath 1964 | 1960-1964 | Pedro de Lorenzo Morales | Fray Luis de León | Generic | |
1966 | Fastenrath 1965 | 1961-1965 | Jaime Salom Vidal | El baúl de los disfraces | Drama | |
1967 | Fastenrath 1966 | 1962-1966 | Misa solemne | Poetry | ||
1968 | Fastenrath 1967 | 1963-1967 | José María Alonso Gamo | Un español en el mundo: Santayana | Crítica literaria o Essay | |
1969 | Fastenrath 1968 | 1964-1968 | Los soldados lloran de noche | Novel | ||
1970 | Fastenrath 1969 | 1965-1969 | Luis de Castresana y Rodríguez | Catalina de Erauso. La Monja Alférez[27] | Generic | |
1971 | Fastenrath 1970 | 1966-1970 | Hay una luz sobre la cama | Drama | ||
1972 | Fastenrath 1971 | 1967-1971 | Aquilino Duque Gimeno | De palabra en palabra | Poetry | |
1973 | Fastenrath 1972 | 1968-1972 | La poesía de la generación de 1927 | Crítica literaria o Essay | ||
1974 | Fastenrath 1973 | Ángel María de Lera García | Se vende un hombre | Novel | ||
1975 | Fastenrath 1974 | 1970-1974 | Mercedes Fórmica Corsi | La hija de don Juan de Austria (Ana de Jesús en el proceso al pastelero de Madrigal) | Generic | |
1976 | Fastenrath 1975 | 1971-1975 | Usted también podrá disfrutar de ella | Drama | ||
1977 | Fastenrath 1976 | 1972-1976 | Los círculos del infierno | Poetry | ||
1978 | Fastenrath 1977 | Andrés Amorós Guardiola | Vida y literatura en troteras y danzaderas | Essay | ||
1979 | Fastenrath 1978 | 1974-1978 | Jesús Fernández Santos | La que no tiene nombre | Novel | |
1980 | Fastenrath 1979 | 1975-1979 | Rafael Montesinos Martínez | Bécquer, biografía e imagen | Generic | |
1981 | Fastenrath 1980 | El cero transparente | Drama | |||
1982 | Fastenrath 1981 | José Miguel Santiago Castelo | Memorial de ausencias | Poetry | ||
1983 | Fastenrath 1982 | Santos Sanz Villanueva | Historical de la novela social española, 1942-1975 | Literature Essay | ||
1984 | Fastenrath 1983 | 1979-1983 | Blanca García-Valdecasas y Andrada-Vanderwilde 'Blanca Valdecasas' | La puerta de los sueños | Novel | |
1985 | Fastenrath 1984 | 1980-1984 | Alberto Navarro González | Calderón de la Barca. De lo trágico a lo grotesco | Generic | |
1986 | Fastenrath 1985 | 1981-1985 | Drama | |||
1987 | Fastenrath 1986 | 1982-1986 | Los sigilos violados | Drama | ||
1988 | Fastenrath 1987 | 1983-1987 | Miguel Ángel Lozano Marco | Del relato modernista a la Novel poemática. La narrativa breve de Ramón Pérez de Ayala | Literature Essay | |
1989 | Fastenrath 1987[28] | 1984-1988 | Antonio Pereira González | El síndrome de Estocolmo | Novel | |
1990 | Fastenraht 1989 | 1985-1989 | Generic | |||
1991 | Fastenrath 1990 | 1990[29] | Drama | |||
1992 | Fastenrath 1991 | 1987-1991 | Enrique Badosa Pedro | Epigramas confidenciales | Liric | |
1993 | Fastenrath 1992 | 1988-1992 | Essay | |||
1994 | Fastenrath 1993 | 1989-1993 | Lauro Olmo Gallego | Tituladlo como querais | Novel | |
1995 | Fastenrath 1994 | Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí | Novel | |||
1996 | Fastenrath 1995[30] | La Puerta del Sol | Novel | |||
1997 | Fastenrath 1996[31] | Pedro Ortiz Armengol | Vida de Galdós | Essays | ||
1998 | Fastenrath 1997 | La última costa | Poetry | |||
2000 | Fastenrath 1998 | 1996-1998 | El bucle melancólico. Historicals de nacionalistas vascos | Essay | ||
2001 | Fastenrath 1999 | La cuadratura del círculo | Novel | |||
2002 | Fastenrath 2000[32] | 1999-2001 | Verano inglés | Poetry | ||
2003 | Fastenrath 2002 | Mater dolorosa. La idea de España en el siglo XIX | Essay |
The Fastenrath couple's connection with the Barcelona Floral Games ("Jocs Florals de Barcelona") was close and long-lasting. Fastenrath's passion for the Hispanic world and its literature led him to move some of the literary traditions of Hispanic culture, and particularly Catalan culture, to Cologne, the German city where he lived. Thus, in 1898, he established in Cologne some floral games (1898-1914), in imitation of the Barcelona Floral Games (1859-), which he personally directed until his death and his widow continued, until her subsequent death in 1914. Luise Goldmann, who always maintained her husband's interests and memory, had already been appointed Queen of the Barcelona Floral Games in 1889.
So, in order to carry out Luisa Goldmann's task, Barcelona City Council arranged for the creation of the Premi Fastenrath, with the income from municipal debt securities acquired with the founding capital provided, and assigned the administration and organisation of the prizes to the Consistori dels Jocs Florals de Barcelona, in accordance with regulations approved by the plenary session of the municipal corporation in November 1908.[33]
The annual calls were always made by awarding a single prize, which rotated in triennial cycles between three modalities, novel, poetry and dramatic work. The first call for entries for the "Premi Fastenrath" was in 1909, and it remained in force until 1936, during the entire period in which the Barcelona Floral Games were held, before they were interrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
During the period 1941–1977, in which the celebrations of the Catalan language were suspended by the municipal institutions, and the floral games were held in Barcelona in a private way, the "Premi Fastenrath" was called by the organization of the "Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana", which kept the annual celebrations in an itinerant way in different cities of the world.[34] In this period the prize money will be given away in various currencies depending on the edition, such as Mexican pesos or dollars.
Once the "Jocs Florals de Barcelona" were officially reinstated by the Barcelona City Council, during a first stage (1978-1983) the inherited prize system was maintained. Later, in a second stage (1984-2005), the system will be reduced and only the three awards with which the Barcelona Floral Games began in 1859 will be maintained, only the exclusively poetic awards ("Englantina", "Viola" and "Flor natural"), so the "Premi Fastenrath" will disappear; and from 2006, only one poetry award will be granted, the "Premi de Poesia Jocs Florals de Barcelona".
Year | Call | Period of publication [35] | Author | Work | Type | |
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1909 | Fastenrath 1909 | 1903-1908 | Solitud[36] | Novel | ||
1910 | Fastenrath 1910 | 1904-1909 | Enllà[37] | Poetry | ||
1911 | Fastenrath 1911 | L'Eloi.Drama en tres actes i en prosa.[38] | Drama | |||
1912 | Fastenrath 1912 | Pilar Prim[39] | Novel | |||
1913 | Fastenrath 1913 | 1907-1912 | Les monjoies[40] | Poetry | ||
1914 | Fastenrath 1914 | Ignasi Iglésias Pujadas | Foc nou. Comèdia en tres actes[41] | Drama | ||
1915 | Fastenrath 1915 | El català de La Mancha[42] | Novel | |||
1916 | Fastenrath 1916 | Miquel dels Sants Oliver i Tolrà | Poesies[43] | Poetry | ||
1917 | Fastenrath 1917[44] | Void | Void | Drama | ||
1918 | Fastenrath 1918 | Novel | ||||
1919 | Fastenrath 1919 | 1913-1918 | Poemes Bíblics[45] | Poetry | ||
1920 | Fastenrath 1920 | Josep Pous i Pagès | Papallones. Comèdia en tres actes | Drama | ||
1921 | Fastenrath 1921 | Novela | ||||
1922 | Fastenrath 1922 | Llorenç Riber i Campins | Les corones | Poetry | ||
1923 | Fastenrath 1923 | Drama | ||||
1924 | Fastenrath 1924 | Josep Roig i Raventós | L'ermità Maurici | Novel | ||
1925 | Fastenrath 1925[46] | Void | Void | Poetry | ||
1926 | Fastenrath 1926 | 1920-1925 | Josep Maria de Sagarra i de Castellarnau | Cançons de totes les hores | Poetry | |
1927 | Fastenrath 1927 | 1921-1926 | Pompeyo Crehuet i Pardas | La vall de Josafat | Drama | |
1928 | Fastenrath 1928 | 1922-1927 | Joan Santamaria i Monné | La filla d'en Tartarí | Novel | |
1929 | Fastenrath 1929 | 1923-1928 | Josep Maria López-Picó | L'oci de la paraula. Op. XX | Poetry | |
1930 | Fastenrath 1930 | La llar apagada | Drama | |||
1931 | Fastenrath 1931 | Joan Oller i Rabassa | Quan mataven pels carrers | Novel | ||
1932 | Fastenrath 1932 | Joan Maria Guasch i Miró | Camí de la Font | Poetry | ||
1933 | Fastenrath 1933 | 1927-1932 | El comiat de Teresa. Comèdia en tres actes | Drama | ||
1934 | Fastenrath 1934 | Terres de l'Ebre | Novel | |||
1935 | Fastenrath 1935 | Marià Manent i Cisa | L'ombra i altres poemes | Poetry | ||
1936 | Fastenrath 1936 | Ramon Vinyes i Cluet | Fornera, rossor de pa. Comèdia en tres actes | Drama |
Year | Call | Period of publication | Author | Work | Mode |
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Buenos Aires, 1941 | Fastenrath 1941 | Xavier Benguerel i Llobet | Fira de desenganys | Drama | |
México D.F., 1942 | Fastenrath 1942 | Xabola | Novel | ||
Santiago de Chile, 1943 | Fastenrath 1943 | 1937-1942 | Nabí | Poetry | |
La Habana, 1944 | Fastenrath 1944 | August Pi i Sunyer Pere Mas i Perera [accésit] | La novel·la del besavi[47] L'alliberament de mossèn Malquíades [accésit] | Novel | |
Bogotá, 1945 | Fastenrath 1945 | ||||
Montpellier, 1946 | Fastenrath 1946 | ||||
Londres, 1947 | Fastenrath 1947 | ||||
París, 1948 | Fastenrath 1948 | ||||
Montevideo, 1949 | Fastenrath 1949 | ||||
Perpiñán, 1950 | Fastenrath 1950 | ||||
Nueva York, 1951 | Fastenrath 1951 | ||||
Tulousse, 1952 | Fastenrath 1952 | ||||
Caracas, 1953 | Fastenrath 1953 | ||||
São Paulo, 1954 | Fastenrath 1954 | ||||
San José de Costa Rica, 1955 | Fastenrath 1955 | Agustí Cabruja i Auguet | Les òlibes[48] | Novel | |
Cambridge, 1956 | Fastenrath 1956[49] | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
México D.F., 1957 | Fastenrath 1957 | 1955-1957 | Odó Hurtado i Martí [ex-æquo] Manuel de Pedrolo Molina [ex-æquo] | L'araceli bru [ex-æquo] Un de nosaltres [ex-æquo][50] | Novel |
Mendoza, 1958 | Fastenrath 1958 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
París, 1959 | Fastenrath 1959 | L'escollit[51] | Novel | ||
Buenos Aires, 1960 | Fastenrath 1960 | ||||
El Alguer, 1961 | Fastenrath 1961 | ||||
Santiago de Chile, 1962 | Fastenrath 1962 | ||||
Montevideo, 1963 | Fastenrath 1963 | ||||
Perpiñán, 1964 | Fastenrath 1964 | El serpent de Laocoont[52] | Novel | ||
París, 1965 | Fastenrath 1965 | K. L. Reich[53] | Novel | ||
Caracas, 1966 | Fastenrath 1966 | ||||
Marsella, 1967 | Fastenrath 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
Zurich, 1968 | Fastenrath 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
Guadalajara (México), 1969 | Fastenrath 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
Tubinga, 1970 o Bruselas, 1971 | Fastenrath 1970 Fastenrath 1971 | Encara no sé com sóc[54] | Novel | ||
Tubinga, 1970 | Fastenrath 1970 | Gabriela Woith de Costa [ex-æquo] Irma Sander [ex-æquo] | Tres cuentos de Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí [ex-æquo] Translations by Salvador Espriu i Castelló [ex-æquo] | Translation of literary work | |
Bruselas, 1971 | Fastenrath 1971 | Bob de Nijs[55] | Translation of literary work | ||
Ginebra, 1972 | Fastenrath 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
México D.F., 1973 | Fastenrath 1973 | ||||
Amsterdam, 1974 | Fastenrath 1974 | ||||
Caracas, 1975 | Fastenrath 1975 | ||||
Lausana, 1976 | Fastenrath 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
Munich, 1977 | Fastenrath 1977 | Les antipodes[56] | |||
Year | Call | Period of publication | Author | Work | Mod | |
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1978 | Fastenrath 1978 | Miquel Martí i Pol[57] | His work as a whole | Poetry | ||
1979 | Fastenrath 1979 | Void | Void | |||
1980 | Fastenrath 1980 | Jaume Cabré i Fabré[58] | Carn d'olla | Novel | ||
1980 | Fastenrath 1981 | |||||
1982 | Fastenrath 1982 | |||||
1983 | Fastenrath 1983 |