The Princess of Asturias Foundation

38 nominations encompassing 21 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 44th year

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The Jury responsible for conferring the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature will meet this coming 22nd and 23rd May in Oviedo. This is the fifth of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 44th year. A total of 38 candidatures encompassing 21 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 Literature is to be granted to “recognizing the work of fostering and advancing literary creation in all its genres.”

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 Wednesday 22nd, 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 Thursday 23rd, 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:

Santiago Muñoz Machado (chair)
Fernando Rodríguez Lafuente (acting secretary)
Xosé Ballesteros Rey
Xuan Bello Fernández
Blanca Berasátegui Garaizábal
Gonzalo Celorio Blasco
Jesús García Calero
Pablo Gil Cuevas
Francisco Goyanes Martínez
Lola Larumbe Doral
Aurora Luque Ortiz
Inés Martín Rodrigo
Juan Mayorga Ruano
Carmen Millán Grajales
José María Pou Serra
Ana Santos Aramburo
Irene Vallejo Moreu
Juan Villoro Ruiz

LIST OF PREVIOUS LAUREATES

List of Laureates

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