The first meeting happened directly after celebrations for the 'Conversaciones de Poéticas de Formentor' '(The Conversations of the Poets of Formentor') 18–, inspired by novelist Camilo José Cela, and brought together a wide variety of multilingual poets. These ' Coloquio Internacional de Novela' ('International Colloquium of the Novel') were held in Formentor on the island of Majorca, Spain between 19, and were paid for by international publishers. Looking for a way to further open up Spanish literature markets, Carlos Barral organised, through the publishing house Seix Barral, a series of annual meetings of publishers, novelists and critics. The 1950s saw an increasing expansion of the global interest in Hispanic literature. Īs of 2012, the award carries a cash prize of 50,000 euros ($65,000) given to a single author. The prize takes its name from the town of Formentor on the Spanish island of Mallorca that was famous for its literary gatherings. In the 1960s, the Formentor Group offered two prizes, the Prix Formentor (The Formentor Prize) and the Prix International (the International Prize) the former was given to previously unpublished works and the Prix International was given to works already in distribution.

The Prix Formentor (also known as Premio Formentor de las Letras, Formentor Literature Prize and The Formentor Prize) is an international literary award given between 19, and, after a long break, from 2011.

The Nightclerk by Stephen Schneck