The Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador. 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 the National Council of Culture, 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.
Recipients From 1975 to 2018 there have been 98 recipients of the prize. Not all categories have been awarded every year resulting in a different number of recipients for each category. 26 for cultural promotion, 19 for arts, 24 for literature, 23 for science, 9 for public or private institutions. YearRecipientRationaleRef1975Benjamín CarriónCulture1977Jorge Carrera AndradeCulture1979Alfredo Pareja DiezcansecoLiterature1983Raúl Andrade MoscosoCulture1984Fray José María Vargas O.P.Culture1986Leslie Wright Durán BallénCulture1986Alejandro Carrión AguirreLiterature1986Eduardo Kingman RiofríoArt1986Plutarco Naranjo VargasScience1987Antonio Parra VelascoCulture1987José Rumazo GonzálezLiterature1987Galo GalecioArt1987Miguel SalvadorScience1988Edmundo Ribadeneira MenesesCulture1988Gabriel Cevallos GarcíaLiterature1988Enrique TábaraArt1988Augusto Bonilla BarcoScience1989Jorge Pérez ConchaCulture1989Jorge Enrique AdoumLiterature1989Araceli Gilbert de BlombergArt1989Miguel Acosta SolísScience1991Hernán Crespo ToralCulture1991Pedro Jorge VeraLiterature1991Oswaldo GuayasamínArt1991Agustín CuevaScience1993Gerardo Guevara ViteriCulture1993Nelson Estupiñán BassLiterature1993Alfredo Palacio MorenoArt1993José Varea TeránScience1995Jorge Salvador LaraCulture1995Adalberto OrtizLiterature1995Luis A. Romo SaltosScience1997Nicolás Kingman RiofríoCulture1997Ángel Felicísimo RojasLiterature1997Oswaldo Viteri ParedesArt1997Alfonso Rumazo GonzálezScience1999Yela Loffredo de KleinCulture1999Efraín Jara IdrovoLiterature1999Oswaldo Muñoz MariñoArt1999Juan Larrea HolguínScience2001Filoteo Samaniego SalazarCulture2001José Martínez QueiroloLiterature2001Jorge SwettArt2001Rodrigo Fierro BenítezScience2001Parque Histórico de GuayaquilPublic or Private Institution2003Tránsito AmaguañaCulture2003Galo René PérezLiterature2003Leonardo TejadaArt2003Jorge Marcos PinoScience2003Casa de la Cultura EcuatorianaPublic or Private Institution2005Luis Enrique FierroCulture2005Rodolfo Pérez PimentelLiterature2005Theo ConstantéArt2005Rodrigo Cabezas NaranjoScience2005Academia Ecuatoriana de la LenguaPublic or Private Institution2006Edgar PalaciosCulture2006Miguel Donoso ParejaLiterature2006Diego LuzuriagaArt2006Ramón LazoScience2006Orquesta Sinfónica NacionalPublic or Private Institution2007Jaime Galarza ZavalaCulture2007Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo CastilloLiterature2007Aníbal VillacísArt2007Frank WeilbauerScience2007Grupo Folclórico "Tierra Caliente" de Petita PalmaPublic or Private Institution2008Rodrigo PallaresCulture2008Alicia Yánez CossíoLiterature2008Carlos Rubira InfanteArt2008Eduardo VillacísScience2008Editorial "Abya Yala"Public or Private Institution1995 *Enrique Gil Calderón. Rejected in 1995 from President Sixto Duran Ballen, but accepted in 2008 from President Rafael CorreaArt2009Horacio Hidrovo PeñaherreraCulture2009Euler GrandaLiterature2009Estuardo MaldonadoArt2009Magner Turner CarriónScience2009Academia Nacional de HistoriaPublic or Private Institution2010Jorge Núñez SánchezCulture2010Julio Pazos BarreraLiterature2010Esperanza Cruz HidalgoArt2010Claudio Cañizares ProañoScience2010Ballet Folclórico Nacional "Jacchigua"Public or Private Institution2011Guillermo Ayoví Erazo (Papá Roncón)Culture2011Rafael Díaz YcazaLiterature2011Luigi Stornaiolo PimentelArt2011José Amén-PalmaScience2011Fundación Ecuatoriana de Olimpiadas EspecialesPublic or Private Institution2012Abdón UbidiaLiterature2012Luis Silva ParraArt2012Eugenia María del Pino VeintimillaScience2015Pilar BustosCulture2015Fernando TinajeroLiterature2015Luis CumbalScience2016Beatriz ParraCulture2016Jorge DavilaLiterature2016Manuel Cruz PadillaScience2018Fernando Cazón VeraLiterature2018Enrique MalesCulture2018Marcelo CruzScience2020Juan Valdano MorejónLiterature2020Álvaro Manzano MonteroCulture2020Katya Susana RomolerouxScience2022Patricia GonzálezCulture2022Javier VásconezLiterature2022Segundo Moreno YánezScience
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