According to the reports, Clara Sanchez has bagged the oldest prize for literature in Spain.

Moreover, the Nadal prize was first awarded back in 1944 by the Destino publishing house situated in Barcelona, and the tradition has continued till date. Sanchez has been granted 18000 euro as the reward.

The 54-year-old Sanchez is a famous editorialist and novelist and has acquired the prize for her well-known novel “Lo que esconde tu nombre” which means “What your name hides”.

The novel was based on two men, aged above 80 years, one of them lives in Spain and is a well-known Nazi, and other lives in Argentina and is one of the survivors of a concentration camp in Mauthausen.

Sanchez writes for Spanish newspaper El Pais, and has penned eight other books, which have been translated into many different languages including German, Russian, French, Greek and Portuguese.

However, Maruja Torres was last year’s winner of the Nadal prize for her novel “Esperadme en el Cielo” meaning “Wait for me in Heaven.”