Javier Sierra, CEDRO 2026 Award for his work in the defense of copyright and written culture

The Board of Directors of CEDRO has decided this Monday to grant the CEDRO Award 2026 to the writer and journalist Javier Sierra for his defense of copyright and written culture. This award will be presented to him on April 29.

The president of CEDRO, Carme Riera, has indicated that Javier Sierra’s career represents “a firm commitment to the defense of copyright, to written culture and to the professionals who make it possible“.

Rieda has stressed that this cultural and social responsibility of Sierra has always been manifested “in his public interventions at events, in the media and in his articles in the press.” “Javier Sierra is a person with an open and generous attitude. It is a luxury for CEDRO to have him as an award winner,” has stood out.

The entity points out that, throughout his professional career, Javier Sierra has defended copyright against piracy, the need for leadership of Public Administrations in strengthening and promoting written culture and has highlighted the challenges of artificial intelligence for creators.

Furthermore, they praise that it has claimed history as the basis of collective identity, access to libraries, reading and reading clubs, as well as the Spanish language as the cultural heritage of all its speakers and has claimed the presence of books in rural areas.

The Cedro Awards are celebrating their tenth anniversary this year and, for this reason, the winners from previous editions are also scheduled to meet on April 29. In addition, a special mention will be awarded to the German writer and journalist Nina George, former president of the European Writers’ Council (EWC), for her defense of the rights of writers and translators in the European AI regulation processes.

Javier Sierra has published four essays dedicated to great enigmas of history and sciencein addition to an extensive narrative work that includes titles such as ‘The Master Plan’ (2025), ‘Pandora’s Message’ (2020), ‘The Invisible Fire’ (2017), ‘The Immortal Pyramid’ (2014), ‘The Master of the Prado’ (2013), ‘The Lost Angel’ (2011) or ‘The Secret Dinner’ (2004), among others.

Throughout his career he has garnered numerous recognitions inside and outside Spain. ‘The Blue Lady’ was chosen Best Historical Novel of the Year in the United States in 2008; ‘The Lost Angel’ won two Latino Book Awards in 2012; ‘El maestro del Prado’ was the best-selling novel in Spain in 2013 and ‘El fuego invisible’ received the Planeta Prize in 2017.