This Friday, October 22, the XLI Princess of Asturias Awards are held. The first act of these awards took place this Thursday with a concert attended by Los Reyes, Princesa Leonor and Infanta SofÃa.
Name
The Princess of Asturias Awards were called the Prince of Asturias Awards between 1981 and 2014 . It was in October 2014 when the Board of Trustees of the Prince of Asturias Foundation approved that both the awards and the institution would be renamed Princess of Asturias, in reference to Leonor de Borbón, heir to the Crown, after the coronation of her father as Felipe VI from Spain.
They are awards that the heir to the Spanish throne gives to value the human, technical, scientific, cultural and social work carried out by people or institutions .
Origin
The origin of the Princess of Asturias Awards dates from the late 1970s by the journalist Graciano GarcÃa . At first, the foundation was called the Principality of Asturias Foundation, and later it was renamed the Prince of Asturias Foundation.
The constitutional charter of the Foundation was signed on September 24, 1980 in the Covadonga Room of the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo. The ceremony was presided over by the kings of Spain and Felipe de Borbón y Grecia, then Prince of Asturias.
Categories:
When they were created in 1981, the awards were divided into six categories: Scientific and Technical Research, Letters, Social Sciences, Arts, International Cooperation and Communication and Humanities .
Currently the Princess of Asturias Awards have eight categories: Scientific and Technical Research, Letters, Arts, Communication and Humanities, Social Sciences, International Cooperation, Sports and Concord .
Money for the winners
In 2021, Princess Leonor will deliver a sculpture of Joan Miró, symbol of the Princess of Asturias Awards, an accrediting diploma, a badge and 50,000 euros . This amount of money is divided equally among the winners in case the prize is not individual.
The 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord will go to chef Jose Andrés, who this week assured that he will donate the money to those affected by the La Palma volcano.
Anecdote
One of the most remembered stories took place at the 2010 gala. Vicente del Bosque was awarded the Sports Prize with the Spanish Soccer team , and he skipped the protocol. He brought out his predecessor, Luis Aragonés, so that he too would receive the applause.