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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. Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 21st 184. ... Capital Oviedo Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 10th  10 604 km²  2,1% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 12th  1 056 789  2,5%  99,65/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Asturian  asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO 3166-2 O Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats... His Royal Highness Felipe, Prince of Asturias (Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia), styled HRH The Prince of Asturias (born January 30, 1968), is the third child of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofía. ...


The Prince of Asturias Awards was established in 1981. A sculpture expressly created by Catalan sculptor Joan Miró is presented to the yearly recipients. Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Joan Miró Woman and Bird (Barcelona) Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...


The Awards winners are:

  • 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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See also

A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc. ... This is a list of prizes that are named after people. ...

External link

  • Fundación Príncipe de Asturias (http://www.fpa.es/ing/), official website (in English)

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Prince of Asturias Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (412 words)
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.
Prince of Asturias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (460 words)
The title Prince of Asturias is given to the heir apparent to the Spanish throne, and the earlier kingdom of León.
The current Prince of Asturias is Infante Felipe, son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia.
After the death of Pedro I of Castile, the kingdom was drawn yet deeper in a civil war, disputes and long rivalled between English claimant, John, Duke of Lancaster, and Trastamare claimants, Kings Henry II of Castile and John I of Castile.
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