Prince of Asturias Awards
The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. The awards are presented in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias in a ceremony conducted by Felipe, Prince of Asturias.
The Prince of Asturias Awards was established in 1981. A sculpture expressly created by Catalan sculptor Joan Miró is presented to the yearly recipients.
The Awards winners are:
- Arts:
- 1981: Jesús López Cobos
- 1982: Pablo Serrano
- 1983: Eusebio Sempere
- 1984: Orfeón Donostierra
- 1985: Antonio López García
- 1986: Luis García Berlanga
- 1987: Eduardo Chillida
- 1988: Jorge Oteiza
- 1989: Oscar Niemeyer
- 1990: Antonio Tàpies
- 1991: Alfredo Kraus, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Pilar Lorengar, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé and Victoria de los Angeles
- 1992: Roberto Matta
- 1993: Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
- 1994: Alicia de Larrocha
- 1995: Fernando Fernán-Gómez
- 1996: Joaquín Rodrigo
- 1997: Vittorio Gassmann
- 1998: Sebastião Salgado
- 1999: Santiago Calatrava
- 2000: Barbara Hendricks
- 2001: Krysztof Penderecki
- 2002: Woody Allen
- 2003: Miquel Barceló
- 2004: Paco de Lucía
- Communications and Humanities:
- 1981: María Zambrano
- 1982: Mario Bunge
- 1983: El País Newspaper
- 1984: Claudio Sánchez Albornoz
- 1985: José Ferrater Mora
- 1986: O Globo
- 1987: El Espectador Newspaper and El Tiempo Newspaper
- 1988: Horacio Sáenz Guerrero
- 1989: Economic Culture Fund and Pedro Laín Entralgo
- 1990: José Simeón Cañas University
- 1991: Luis María Anson
- 1992: Emilio García Gómez
- 1993: Vuelta the Review
- 1994: Spanish Missions in Rwanda and Burundi
- 1995: José Luis López Aranguren and EFE Agency
- 1996: Indro Montanelli and Julián Marías
- 1997: CNN and Václav Havel
- 1998: Reinhard Mohn
- 1999: Instituto Caro y Cuervo
- 2000: Umberto Eco
- 2001: George Steiner
- 2002: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- 2003: Ryszard Kapuscinski and Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino
- 2004: Jean Daniel
- International Cooperation:
- 1981: José López Portillo
- 1982: Enrique V. Iglesias
- 1983: Belisario Betancur
- 1984: Contadora Group
- 1985: Raúl Alfonsín
- 1986: Salamanca University and Coimbra University
- 1987: Javier Pérez de Cuellar
- 1988: Oscar Arias
- 1989: Jacques Delors and Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990: Hans Dietrich Genscher
- 1991: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
- 1992: Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk
- 1993: United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
- 1994: Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 1995: Mario Soares
- 1996: Helmut Kohl
- 1997: Government of Guatemala and Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
- 1998: Fatiha Boudiaf, Olayinka Koso-Thomas, Graça Machel, Rigoberta Menchú, Fatana Ishaq Gailani, Emma Bonino and Somaly Mam
- 1999: Pedro Duque, John Glenn, Chiaki Mukai and Valery Polyakov
- 2000: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- 2001: International Space Station
- 2002: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- 2003: Luís Inácio Lula da Silva
- 2004: The European Union's Erasmus Programme
- 2005: Simone Veil
- Literature:
- 1981: José Hierro
- 1982: Miguel Delibes and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
- 1983: Juan Rulfo
- 1984: Pablo García Baena
- 1985: Angel González
- 1986: Mario Vargas Llosa and Rafael Lapesa
- 1987: Camilo José Cela
- 1988: José Angel Valente and Carmen Martín Gaite
- 1989: Ricardo Gullón
- 1990: Arturo Uslar Pietri
- 1991: Puerto Rico's People
- 1992: Francisco Morales Nieva
- 1993: Claudio Rodríguez
- 1994: Carlos Fuentes
- 1995: Carlos Bousoño
- 1996: Francisco Umbral
- 1997: Alvaro Mutis
- 1998: Francisco Ayala
- 1999: Günter Grass
- 2000: Augusto Monterroso
- 2001: Doris Lessing
- 2002: Arthur Miller
- 2003: Fatema Mernissi and Susan Sontag
- 2004: Claudio Magris
- Social Sciences:
- 1981: Román Perpiñá
- 1982: Antonio Domínguez Ortiz
- 1983: Julio Caro Baroja
- 1984: Eduardo García de Enterría
- 1985: Ramón Carande Thovar
- 1986: José Luis Pinillos
- 1987: Juan José Linz
- 1988: Luis Díez del Corral and Luis Sánchez Agesta
- 1989: Enrique Fuentes Quintana
- 1990: Rodrigo Uría González
- 1991: Miguel Artola Gallego
- 1992: Juan Velarde Fuertes
- 1993: Silvio Zavala
- 1994: Aurelio Menéndez Menéndez
- 1995: Joaquim Veríssimio Serrão
- 1996: John Elliott
- 1997: Martín de Riquer Morera
- 1998: Jacques Santer and Pierre Werner
- 1999: Raymond Carr
- 2000: Carlo Maria Martini
- 2001: The Colegio de México and Juan Iglesias Santos
- 2002: Anthony Giddens
- 2003: Jürgen Habermas
- 2004: Paul Krugman
- Sports:
- 1987: Sebastian Coe
- 1988: Juan Antonio Samaranch
- 1989: Severiano Ballesteros
- 1990: Alfonso "Sito" Pons
- 1991: Sergei Bubka
- 1992: Miguel Induráin
- 1993: Javier Sotomayor
- 1994: Martina Navratilova
- 1995: Hassiba Boulmerka
- 1996: Carl Lewis
- 1997: Spanish Marathon Team
- 1998: Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
- 1999: Steffi Graf
- 2000: Lance Armstrong
- 2001: Manuel Estiarte
- 2002: The Brazilian Football squad
- 2003: The Tour de France
- 2004: Hicham El Guerrouj
- Technical and Scientific Research:
- 1981: Alberto Sols
- 1982: Manuel Ballester
- 1983: Luis Antonio Santaló
- 1984: Antonio García Bellido
- 1985: Emilio Rosenblueth and David Vázquez Martínez
- 1986: Antonio González González
- 1987: Pablo Rudomín and Jacinto Convit
- 1988: Manuel Cardona and Marcos Moshinsky
- 1989: Guido Münch
- 1990: Salvador Moncada and Santiago Grisolía
- 1991: Francisco Bolívar Zapata
- 1992: Federico García Moliner
- 1993: Amable Liñan
- 1994: Manuel Patarroyo
- 1995: Manuel Losada Villasante and National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica
- 1996: Valentín Fuster
- 1997: Atapuerca Research Team
- 1998: Emilio Méndez Pérez and Pedro Miguel Etxenike Landiríbar
- 1999: Ricardo Miledi and Enrique Moreno González
- 2000: Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo
- 2001: Craig Venter, John Sulston, Hamilton Smith, Francis Collins and Jean Weissenbach
- 2002: Robert E. Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee and Lawrence Roberts
- 2003: Jane Goodall
- 2004: Judah Folkman, Tony Hunter, Joan Massagué Solé, Bert Vogelstein and Robert Weinberg
- Concord:
- 1987: Villa El Salvador
- 1988: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and World Wild Fund for Nature
- 1989: Stephen Hawking
- 1990: Sephardic Communities
- 1991: Medicus Mundi and Médicins sans Frontières
- 1992: American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
- 1993: Coordinadora Gesto por la Paz in the Basque Country
- 1994: Save the Children, National Movement of Street Children and Messengers of Peace
- 1995: H.M. Hussein I, king of Jordan
- 1996: Adolfo Suárez
- 1997: Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich
- 1998: Nicolás Castellanos, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea and Muhammad Yunus
- 1999: Caritas Española
- 2000: Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
- 2001: World Network of Biosphere Reserves
- 2002: Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said
- 2003: J. K. Rowling
- 2004: The Way of Saint James
See also
External link
- Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, official website (in English)