Juchimán de Plata Award (Mexico)
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The Juchimán de Plata Award is a prize granted by Juchimanes de Plata, a Mexican civil association, to those personalities distinguished by their achievements in arts and literature, in science and technology, in communication sciences, and in human rights and peace. Four Juchimán de Plata Awards are granted on an annually basis, at a state, national and international level. The Juchimán de Plata Award includes a 15-cm height silver replica of the huge Olmec
sculpture of the same name (which was found in 1884 in the municipality of Huimanguillo
, state of Tabasco
), set on a wood base and including a golden plate and the high-relief foundation's logo. The reasons why the award is granted in each case are described therein. The prize is granted by the civil association's Permanent Directive Committee.
Olmec
The Olmec were the first major Pre-Columbian civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco....
sculpture of the same name (which was found in 1884 in the municipality of Huimanguillo
Huimanguillo (municipality)
Huimanguillo is a municipality in Tabasco in south-eastern Mexico.-References:...
, state of Tabasco
Tabasco
Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....
), set on a wood base and including a golden plate and the high-relief foundation's logo. The reasons why the award is granted in each case are described therein. The prize is granted by the civil association's Permanent Directive Committee.
Prizewinners
As of this date, the following people have been awarded:- Andrés IduarteAndrés IduarteAndrés Iduarte Foucher was a distinguished Mexican essayist and member of the Mexican Academy of Language.-Biography:...
(1978) - Juan RulfoJuan RulfoJuan Rulfo was a Mexican author and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo , and El Llano en llamas...
(1980) - Alfonso Taracena Quevedo (1981)
- Luis Cardoza y AragónLuis Cardoza y AragónLuis Cardoza y Aragón was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat born in Antigua Guatemala but who spent a good part of his life living in exile in Mexico....
(1982) - Renato LeducRenato LeducRenato Leduc was a Mexican poet and journalist.- Biography :Leduc, son of a French father and a Mexican mother, served as a signalist in Francisco Villa's División del Norte, and studied law at the Universidad Nacional de México...
(1982) - Román Piña Chán (1983)
- René Zavaleta MercadoRené Zavaleta MercadoRené Zavaleta Mercado born in Oruro , died in Mexico City , was a Bolivian politician, sociologist and philosopher. Zavaleta was an extremely influential Bolivian thinker of the second half of twentieth century...
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(1993) - Beatriz de la Fuente (1996)
- Héctor Fix Zamudio (1997)
- Miguel León Portilla (1997)
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- Federico Reyes Heroles (1998)
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(1999) - Sergio Aguayo Quezada (2000)
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