“Culture is the engine of progress and personal development, it promotes and promotes knowledge and promotes the material improvement of the whole society,” said Don Felipe
The Kings awarded the 2021 National Culture Awards this Monday in a solemn act that took place in the Crown Room of the Pignatelli Building in Zaragoza, and was also attended by the Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta, and the President of the Autonomous Community, Javier Lamban. To overcome the long delay caused by the pandemic, the 2021 awards were presented in this community to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Aragon’s Statute of Autonomy.
“We celebrate and appreciate the creative spirit of Culture and the contribution of the winners,” said Don Felipe in his address to the winners, after singer Rozalén spoke on behalf of all the winners, thanking “the caress and encouragement” that is this distinction.
The king commemorated the Aragonese filmmaker Carlos Saura, who died on the 10th. «His art, embodied in films, operas, photographs and novels, will continue to accompany us, and with him, his teaching and his daring. Saura was a lover and student of our culture, a curious artist, an experimenter without limits, always confident in our country,” he said.
“You are messengers from the future land. Your songs, compositions, novels, poetry, photographs, illustrations, designs represent everyone and make us proud as a country. And your creation represents all of us and makes us proud,” said Don Felipe. «Your work is much more than an incentive for the present. Because this work nourishes the spirit, but also the economy of an entire country, which is also moving towards the future thanks to your contributions in various fields”. «Culture is at the same time the engine of progress and personal development; promote and promote knowledge, and promote the material improvement of the whole society,” he concluded.
Almost all the winners of these awards were present, 31 winners who were the main stars of the evening: the writer José María Merino, the Spanish Literature Prize; Ramon Andrés, from Essay; Pablo Remón Magaña, from Dramatic Literature; Beatriz Giménez de Ory, of Children’s and Youth Literature; Xesús Fraga, from Narrative; Look at Agur Meabem from Poetry; María Elena Higueruelo who for Young Poetry Miguel Hernández; José Díaz Rodríguez, for History of Spain and Helena Cortés Gabaudan, for Best Translation.
Also Anne-Hélène Suárez, National Prize for the Work of a Translator; Diego Corbalán Hernández, from Comics; I lived Escrivá from Illustration; Guillermo Busutil, of Cultural Journalism; Anastasio de Gracia Foundation, to promote reading; Editorial Alfaguara, best editorial work. Dora García, from Visual Arts; Pilar Aymerich, from Photography, José Sacristán from Cinematography and Morante de la Puebla, from Bullfighting.
The National Music Award in the composition modality went to Gabriel Erkoreka Graña; the modality of interpretation for Montserrat Torrent i Serra; that of Circus for Manuel Alcántara Párraga; that of Dance in the creative modality for Soledad León Molina; Patricia Pérez Guerrero in the modality of interpretation; that of music in the modality of current music for Rozalén; that of Theater for Juan Diego Botto; that of performing arts for children and youth by Titirimundi; the theater for new authors Calderón de la Barca for Julio Ferrer Béjar; those for restoration and conservation of cultural assets to María Pía Timón Tiemblo; Television to Karlos Arguiñano and fashion design to Antonio Alvarado.
In the morning, the kings and queens inaugurated the first technological mobility museum, called Mobility City and with four different spaces: The future of mobility, temporary exhibition; experience space and multifunctional space. After this act in the Puente de la Expo pavilion, Don Felipe walked to the Palacio de Congresos, where he led the inauguration of the Talent Tour, which is committed to a community of opportunities that connects, activates and strengthens the talent of young people . people in Spain. .
Source: La Verdad
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