The Princess of Asturias Foundation

47 nominations encompassing 15 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 44th year

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The Jury responsible for conferring the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities will meet this coming 29th and 30th April in Oviedo. This is the second of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 44th year. A total of 47 candidatures encompassing 15 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Barceló Oviedo Cervantes Hotel.

As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for the Communication and Humanities is to be granted to “the work of fostering and advancing the sciences and disciplines considered humanistic activities or any activity related to social communication in any of its forms.”

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.

On the first day of the meeting at 11:00am on Monday 29th, there will be a family photo of the jury members in the hotel’s “Salón Regenta”, followed by a meeting with the media, immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Tuesday 30th, in the “Salón Regenta”, following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.

Composition of the Jury

The Jury will be made up of the following persons:

Víctor García de la Concha (chair)
Óscar Loureda Lamas (acting secretary)
Luis María Anson Oliart
Rosa María Calaf Solé
Irene Cano Piquero
Gabriela Cañas Pita de la Vega
Concepción Cascajosa Virino
Adela Cortina Orts
Estrella de Diego Otero
Miguel Falomir Faus
Taciana Fisac Badell
Álex Grijelmo García
Alma Guillermoprieto
Miguel Ángel Liso Tejada
Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde, marquesa del Valle de Tena
Miguel Ángel Oliver Fernández
Enrique Pascual Pons
Carmen Riera i Guilera
Diana Sorensen

LIST OF PREVIOUS LAUREATES

List of Laureates

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