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Haruki Murakami, Princess of Asturias Award for LiteratureFurther information
A cult author who has been translated into more than forty languages, according to specialists Murakami is an unnerving writer, with a prose that reveals the influences of authors such as Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Capote and Vargas Llosa
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Meeting of the jury for the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for LiteratureFurther information
37 nominations encompassing 17 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the fifth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 43rd year.
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Eliud Kipchoge, Princess of Asturias Award for SportsFurther information
Nicknamed The Philosopher for his strategic racing prowess and ability to focus, Kipchoge is the current Olympic marathon champion. He also holds the world record for this event, set at last year’s Berlin Marathon. With a time of 2:01:09, he cut thirty seconds off the previous record, which he himself had set in this competition in 2018.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for SportsFurther information
24 nominations encompassing 11 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the fourth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 43rd year.
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesFurther information
Born Hélène Zourabichvili (Carrère d’Encausse is her married surname) in Paris on 6th July 1929 to a Georgian father and a mother of Russian-German origin, she grew up in an emigrant family with aristocratic ancestors from whom she learned Russian history, language and literature.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesFurther information
25 nominations encompassing 15 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the third of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 43rd year.
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Nuccio Ordine, Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and HumanitiesFurther information
Philosopher, writer and expert in literary theory, he is recognized worldwide as one of the leading experts on Renaissance thought and literature, and, specifically, on the figure of Neapolitan humanist Giordano Bruno.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and HumanitiesFurther information
45 nominations encompassing 16 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the second of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 43rd year.
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