### [2012-10-26](/feed/2012/10/26/index.md)

##### Javier Marías
# Writer Javier Marías rejects the Spanish government's National Novel Prize, awarded for his novel "Los enamoramientos", saying "All my life I have managed to avoid state institutions, regardless of which party was in government, and I have turned down all income from the public purse. I don't want to be seen as an author who is favoured by any particular government." 




### Sources:

1. [The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/26/spanish-novelist-turns-down-prize)