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Juan Mayorga, Princess of Asturias Award for LiteratureFurther information
He published his first play, Siete hombres buenos, in 1989, which earned him the Marqués de Bradomín Runner-up Prize from the Spanish Youth Institute. He has taught Playwriting and Philosophy at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in Madrid and directed the seminar “Memory and Thought in Contemporary Theatre” at the Spanish National Research Council’s Institute of Philosophy.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for LiteratureFurther information
41 nominations encompassing 19 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 42nd year.
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Mauro Guillén Rodríguez, appointed president-elect of the Princess of Asturias FoundationFurther information
By acclamation of the institution’s Board of Trustees, he will take over from Luis Fernández-Vega Sanz as of December.
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The Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, Princess of Asturias Award for SportsFurther information
The Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team have been bestowed with the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, as announced today by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for SportsFurther information
24 nominations encompassing 10 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 42nd year.
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Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesFurther information
A scholar and promoter of the Mexican pre-Columbian world, as well as a leading communicator in this field of knowledge, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma has carried out his fieldwork in archaeological sites such as Comalcalco, Tepeapulco, Bonampak, Teotihuacan, Cholula, Tula, Tlatelolco and Tenochtitlan, among others.
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Teresa Berganza, Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, has diedFurther information
Joint Laureate in 1991, together with Victoria de los Ángeles, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Pilar Lorengar, Alfredo Kraus and Plácido Domingo.
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Meeting of the jury for the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesFurther information
25 nominations encompassing 16 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 42nd year.
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Adam Michnik, Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and HumanitiesFurther information
Michnik is one of the best known and most prominent defenders of human rights in Poland and is considered one of the key figures in the recovery of democracy in the country, as well as an outstanding journalist.
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