Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco (Granada, 1978), historian and professor at the University of Granada, has been awarded the 2026 National History Prize of Spain, granted by the Ministry of Culture and endowed with 30,000 euros, for his work The Spanish Famine: Victory and Death in the Post-war Period (Crítica). The award focuses on research that dismantles the official version that the dictatorship spread for decades. In the book, the historian explains how all the great famines of the 20th century are related to political decisions. "In Spain, it was a weapon of war against the defeated," the historian stated to ARA when he published the book.