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Mario Vargas Llosa, Prince of Asturias Litereature, has diedFurther informationJoin laureate in 1986, together with Rafael Lapesa Melgar, for “his extraordinary gifts as a story-teller, the wealth and variety of his work, filled with the spirit of creative freedom and his mastery of the language”
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The meetings of the juries responsible for granting the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards will commence on 6th MayFurther information354 nominations had been submitted as of 6th March
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354 candidatures from 60 nationalities have been nominated for the 2025 Princess of Asturias AwardsFurther informationThe deadline for submitting nominations closed yesterday, Thursday, 6th March
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Sandra Myrna Díaz, joint 2019 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, will participate in the closing events of the extraordinary edition of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schoolsFurther informationThe Laureate will meet with teachers and pupils from Asturias and other Spanish provinces on 12th March at the Dulce Nombre de Jesús School in Oviedo
She will previously attend a guided tour of San Francisco Park with a delegation of students who have participated in this programme.
The following day, she will take part in a colloquium with students at the University of Oviedo Faculty of Biology
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Screening of the “Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze” documentary at the Ellas Crean (They Create) FestivalFurther informationAn audiovisual piece on artistic creation, inspired by the figures of Carmen Linares and María Pagés, 2022 Princess of Asturias Laureates for the Arts
At 7:00 pm on 28 March at the Film Academy in Madrid, with both artists in attendance
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Nicolás Castellanos, Prince of Asturias Laureate for Concord, has diedFurther informationJoint Laureate in 1998, together with Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea y Muhammad Yunus, for “their exemplary contribution, in different geographical areas and spheres of activity, to the advancement and improvement of people´s living conditions”
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The Princess of Asturias Foundation will premiere an audiovisual piece recording Meryl Streep's meeting with the public on the occasion of the Princess of Asturias Award for the ArtsFurther informationThe recording of this meeting, which included the participation of Antonio Banderas, will be available on the Foundation's YouTube channel and on the CaixaForum+ digital platform starting 25th February
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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, has diedFurther informationHe was conferred the Award in 1994 for “the importance of his scientific contribution to the design, development and field experimentation of a synthetic vaccine against malaria”
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Extraordinary edition of the "Taking the floor" cultural programme to mark the ten years HRH The Princess of Asturias has been honorary President of the Foundation, and commemorating the ten years this project has now been runningFurther informationFeaturing Mary Beard, 2016 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Social Sciences, and Sandra Myrna Díaz, 2019 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research
The programme will be extended on this occasion to schools nationwide
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The call for nominations for the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards is now openFurther informationThe Foundation has started to send out the Regulations governing the Awards
Nominations can now be submitted via the Foundation’s website
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