Lara was awarded the 2010 Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize. His novel ''Peninsula, Peninsul'' was honored in 2009 with the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Prize. | Lara was awarded the 2010 Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize. His novel ''Peninsula, Peninsul'' was honored in 2009 with the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Prize. |