Prince of Asturias Awards

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Prince of Asturias Award
Presented by Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Prince of Asturias Foundation
Location Campoamor Theatre
Country Spain
First awarded 1981
Official website www.fpa.es/premios

The Prince of Asturias Awards (Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.

The prize was established on 24 September 1980 by the Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne of Spain, "to consolidate links between the Principality and the Prince of Asturias, and to contribute to encouraging and promoting scientific, cultural and humanistic values that form part of mankind's universal heritage."[1] The awards are presented in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias, at a ceremony presided by Felipe, Prince of Asturias. A sculpture, expressly created for the prize by Spanish sculptor Joan Miró, is presented yearly to the recipients of the prize.

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[edit] Categories

[edit] Arts

[edit] Communications and Humanities

[edit] International Cooperation

[edit] Literature

The Award given to Claudio Magris in 2004, shown at the exhibition La Trieste de Magris at CCCB in Barcelona during 2011.
Amos Oz
Ismail Kadare Albanian Novelist and Poet, 2009

[edit] Social Sciences

[edit] Sports

[edit] Technical and Scientific Research

[edit] Concord

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Prince of Asturias Foundation, official website (in English)

[edit] External links

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