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Dominican Government Establishes \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a International Literary Prize\u201d<\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>heDominican Government recently established the \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a International Prize for Literary Productivity, Critique and Creation of Thought in One\u2019s Life\u2019s Work.\u201d Theprize, established through Decree number 93-13, will be given annually by the Ministry of Culture.<\/P> In announcing the literary prize, Minister of CultureJos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguezsaid it was time for Latin American writers to be honored with an award in the name of the great Dominican humanist, Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a.<\/P> The decree issued by PresidentDanilo Medina S\u00e1nchez, states that the prize will be awarded to two Latin American artists in any of the genres that include literary inventiveness, literary criticism or humanistic thought in its historic or contemporary forms and in which they articulate a reflection of Latin American expression<\/P> These Latin American writers can be nationals by birth, origin, naturalization and\/or residence. The award will be given to a writer whose work is still in the inventive process and to a writer who, for health or personal reasons, has completed his whole project.<\/P> In announcing the literary prize, Minister of CultureJos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguezsaid it was time for Latin American writers to be honored with an award in the name of the great Dominican humanist, Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a.<\/P> The honorary presidency of the award will be held by Sonia Henr\u00edquez Lombardo or any other Latin Americanindividual she designates.Following the decree, the Ministry of Culture will submit the regulations and details governing the Award to the Executive Power for its approval, after the first time it is issued.<\/P> Culture Minister Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez will be the president of the first jury; the Commissar will beLu\u00eds Brea Franco, who will also serve as coordinator and secretary of the jury.<\/P> Other jurors include Eva Guerrero Guerrero, Coordinator of the Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a Chair at the University of Salamanca; N\u00e9stor Rodr\u00edguez, Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada; Miguel Mena, researcher and editor of a new edition of the complete works of Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a and Ram\u00f3n Antonio Victoriano (Arturo),specialist in Caribbean Literature and adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto\u2019s Mississauga campus.<\/P> In a note sent by the Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture\u2019s Communication Office reported that the work and individuals awarded must have made prior outstanding contributions toward the development of the humanities.<\/P> They also must have demonstrated, through their work, solidarity and commitment to the promotion of Latin culture while providing continuity to the postulates of Pedro Henr\u00edquez in principles of social justice.<\/P> The jury\u2019s verdicts, not subject to appeal, will be made public no later than the first half of March of each year. The prizes will be given out during a celebration at the International Book Fair of Santo Domingo, in a solemn and artistic event.<\/P> The decree contemplates that the jury can be changed from year to year, at the discretion of the Dominican Ministry of Culture.<\/P> Two of the awards will be cash prizes of $25,000 dollars followed by a certificate of accreditation and a sculpture created by a Dominican artist.<\/P> In addition, the Ministry of Culture will publish a section of work of each of the prize-winning writers for their exclusive distribution. This will be done through the EditoraNacionalwith prior permission and protection of the author\u2019s rights and solely for distribution in Dominican territory.<\/P> The decree contemplates that the jury can be changed from year to year, at the discretion of the Dominican Ministry of Culture.<\/P> The award will not be given to writers who, at the time, hold positions directly related to the organization, the Culture Ministry and its ministers and deputy minister, the prize committee, the Director of Literary Management nor to anyone from the EditoraNacional, the General Directorate of the Book Fair, the General Directorate of the Book and Reading organization, the Directorate of Literary Workshops, and directors of the Museums or professional organizations that sponsor research for the Ministry of Culture.<\/P> Article 35 of Law 4100 which governs the Ministry of Culture, establishes that: “The State, through the Secretary of State for Culture, will promote the arts in all its forms and other expressive symbolic manifestations as elements of dialogue, exchange, participation, free expression and as an essential part of human capability”.<\/P> Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1awas a prolific Dominican writer and intellectual whose skills ranged from philology, literature, literary criticismand teaching. He was a respected maestro to a generation of important Latin writers such as Alfonso Reyes, Ernesto S\u00e1bato and Jorge Lu\u00eds Borgess.<\/P> For his numerous merits, the decree states that it is the duty of the state, Dominican society, culture and the country in general, to recognize the work of Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1aand to contribute to the dissemination and reading of his work among the people of Latin America.<\/P> With the recognition of two outstanding writers from Latin America, the Dominican people, through the Ministry of Culture and the Pedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1aInternational Prize, acknowledge his place in the community of Spanish-speaking peoples.<\/P> Dominican Government Establishes \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a International Literary Prize\u201dSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 4\/11\/2013 TheDominican Government recently established the \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquezUre\u00f1a International Prize for Literary Productivity, Critique and Creation of Thought in One\u2019s Life\u2019s Work.\u201d Theprize, established through Decree number 93-13, will be given annually by the Ministry of Culture. In announcing the literary prize, Minister … Continue reading “Dominican Government Establishes \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a International Literary Prize\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4\/11\/2013<\/P>
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