Press releases

47 nominations encompassing 16 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the first of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 45th year

The Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts will be conferred on 23rd May

Join 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”

354 nominations had been submitted as of 6th March

Held today in Oviedo

The deadline for submitting nominations closed yesterday, Thursday, 6th March

The 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

An 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

Joint 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”

The 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