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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 MattaRoberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren usually simply known as Matta is one of Chile’s best-known painters. Born in Santiago on 11 November 1911, he was initially an interior decorator, but became disillusioned with this occupation and left for Europe in the m
- 1993: Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
- 1994: Alicia de Larrocha
- 1995: Fernando Fernán-Gómez
- 1996: Joaquín Rodrigo
- 1997: Vittorio Gassmann
- 1998: Sebastião SalgadoSebastiao Salgado is a well-known photographer who worked only in black in white. Here are some quick facts about him. Born in 1944 in Aimores, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 6th Child in Family of 8. Originally an economist. Earned his master’s degree in economic
- 1999: Santiago CalatravaCiutat de les Arts i les Ciencies in Valencia. A similar open avenue was designed for the Athens Olympic complex. Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect whose work has become increasingly popular worldwide. Born July 28th 1951 in Valencia, Spain, Calat
- 2000: Barbara HendricksThe American-born soprano Barbara Hendricks (born 20 November 1948) is a renowned opera and concert singer. She is also known for her work as a human rights activist. Hendricks is currently a citizen of Sweden. Early life and musical career Hendricks was
- 2001: Krysztof Penderecki
- 2002: Woody AllenWoody Allen (b. December 1, 1935), original name Allen Stewart Konigsberg legal name Heywood Allen is one of the major American film directors and comedians of the second half of the 20th century. Introduction Following the example of Charlie Chaplin, he
- 2003: Miquel Barceló
- 2004: Paco de LucíaPaco de Lucia is a Spanish flamenco guitar player. He was born Francisco Sanchez Gomez in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cadiz, in the Southernmost tip of Spain on December 21st, 1947. His stage name is an homage to his mother Lucia Gomez. His fathe
- 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:
- 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
- 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
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