Premio Eugenio Espejo
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The Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo
("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador
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Decrees 677 and 699 (of August 1975 and September 1997, respectively) established the prize, which is conferred by the President of Ecuador.
The Award is bestowed every other year. Finalists for receiving the award are put on a short list by National Council of Culture (CNC), and grouped into five categories:
The recipients are then selected from that list by the head of state, who awards them a sum of money, a diploma, a medal and lifetime stipend.
Eugenio Espejo
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important...
("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
.
Decrees 677 and 699 (of August 1975 and September 1997, respectively) established the prize, which is conferred by the President of Ecuador.
The Award is bestowed every other year. Finalists for receiving the award are put on a short list by National Council of Culture (CNC), and grouped into five categories:
- Cultural Promotion
- Arts
- Literature
- Science
- Public or Private Institutions.
The recipients are then selected from that list by the head of state, who awards them a sum of money, a diploma, a medal and lifetime stipend.
2005
- Theo ConstantéTheo ConstantéTheo Constanté is a master Latin American painter who is a part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the Premio Eugenio Espejo National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador...
, Art (presented by President Palacio) - Dr. Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel, Literature (presented by President Palacio)(www.diccionariobiograficodelecuador.com / www.ecuadorprofundo.com)