Casa de las Americas
Casa de las Américas ( House of the Americas ) is a Cuban cultural institute. It was founded on April 28, 1959 by Haydée Santamaría , who ran the center until her death in 1980. The task we set ourselves is to promote socio-cultural exchange between artists from Latin America , the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
The Casa de las Américas has donated various prizes , including for literature , musicology , composition and theater .
The institute is also the publisher of the cultural magazine Casa de las Américas, revista de letras e ideas .
The directors after Haydee Santamaría were among others Mariano Rodríguez (1980-1986), Roberto Fernández Retamar (1986-1989) and Arturo Arango (1989-1991).
In 2004 the Casa de las Américas was awarded the Simón Bolívar Prize of UNESCO for its work .
Award winners (selection)
- 1956 - Literature: Lacre by Antonio Dal Masetto
- 1963 - Literature: La situación by Lisandro Otero
- 1964 - Art: Adolfo Mexiac
- 1966 - Literature: Los que vieron la zarza by Liliana Heker
- 1966 - Literature: Poesía de paso by Enrique Lihn
- 1966 - Literature: Las ceremonias del verano by Marta Traba
- 1967 - Literature: Jaulario by Ricardo Piglia
- 1968 - Literature: Condenados de Condado by Norberto Fuentes
- 1975 - Literature: Mascaró, el cazador americano by Haroldo Conti
- 1976: Jorge Boccanera
- 1977: - Literature: Caperucita en la zona roja by Manlio Argueta
- 1978 - Literature: Sobrevivo by Claribel Alegría ; Poetry: Línea de Fuego by Gioconda Belli
- 1979 - Poetry: One a Week with Water by Shake Keane
- 1982 - Literature: Corresponsales de guerra by Fernando Pérez
- 1985 - Literature: Fernando del Paso
- 1993 - Literature: Ravines du devant-jour (The Whispers of the Zamanas) by Raphaël Confiant
- 2001 - Theater: Walter Acosta for El escorpión y la comadreja
- 2003 - Literature: La hermana by Paola Kaufmann
- 2007 - Literature: Es espejo que tiembla by Abelardo Castillo
- before 2001 - Literature: Tierra Inerme by Dora Alonso
- - Literature: Un mundo para todos divido by Roberto Sosa
- Eduardo Rovner
- Kamau Brathwaite
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO press release No. 2004-51 , last accessed: February 15, 2012
Web links
- Official website (Spanish)