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Spanish city of Oviedo prepares for Princess of Asturias awards

Xinhua, October 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The annual Princess of Asturias awards are Spain's most prestigious awards hosted in Oviedo.

The awards are given in eight different categories: Arts, Social Sciences, Communication and Humanities, Technical and Scientific Research, Sports, Literature, International Cooperation and Concorde.

They each carry a cash prize of 50,000 euros (55,000 US dollars), a certificate and a statuette created by the artist Joan Miro. These are handed over in a ceremony hosted by the Princess of Asturias, and her parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain at the Teatro Campoamor in the center of Oviedo on Friday evening.

The winners of the Sports Award, basketball players, Pau and Marc Gasol, who recently helped Spain to conquer the 2015 European Championship, will not be able to attend as a result of their commitments in the NBA, but there is great expectation surrounding the presence of Arts winner, film director Francis Ford Coppola.

The maker of such films as the Godfather and Apocalypse Now, hold a private session with film students, as well as a question and answer session about his work with members of the public.

Wikipedia, which won the international co-operation award, will hold a workshop with local schoolchildren, as well as a round-table event.

Emmanuel Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who won the Technical and Scientific Investigation prize, open an exhibition called "Editing the Genome," which is a series of drawings made by schoolchildren, before giving a talk at the University of Oviedo.

These appearances are just the tip of the iceberg as there will be around 30 different events taking place, not just in Oviedo, but also in nearby towns such as Aviles. Endit