Premios Konex

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Premios Konex

Awarded for Culture award
sponsor Konex Foundation
Country Argentina
First awarded 1980
website www.fundacionkonex.org

Premios Konex (German: Konex prizes ; English: Konex Foundation Awards or Konex Awards for short ) is the name of the cultural prizes awarded to Argentinian cultural personalities by the Konex Foundation ( Fundación Konex ).

Story and purpose

The Konex Prizes were first awarded by the Konex Foundation in Argentina in 1980. The purpose of this foundation is the promotion, stimulation, support and participation in cultural, educational, intellectual, artistic, social, philanthropic, scientific or sporting initiatives, works and companies. In order to achieve its goals, the foundation set up the Premios Konex , which is awarded to personalities and institutions who have achieved outstanding performance in one of the aforementioned areas. The Konex prizes are awarded annually in a specific class cycle.

Every year the Konex Foundation awards these prizes to different cultural areas, in cycles that are repeated every ten years.

Classes

  • 1980 1990 2000 2010 sport
  • 1981 1991 2001 2011 entertainment
  • 1982 1992 2002 2012 Fine arts
  • 1983 1993 2003 2013 Science and Technology
  • 1984 1994 2004 2014 literature
  • 1985 1995 2005 2015 popular music
  • 1986 1996 2006 2016 Humanities
  • 1987 1997 2007 2017 communication, journalism
  • 1988 1998 2008 2018 institutions, communities, companies
  • 1989 1999 2009 2019 Classical music

Annotation:

  • From 1980 to 1989, the best in history were honored in each class.
  • From 1990 to 1999, the best of the past decade were awarded for an indefinite period of time.

Selection and awards

The Premios Konex Cup

A jury of 20 members is appointed every year . These members are experts on the specific topics for which the award is being made and they will appoint their own President. The members of the jury themselves are excluded from being elected for the award. A gesture that the foundation particularly emphasizes. Every year the award-winning class is divided into 20 disciplines by the jury. The jury selects the beneficiaries for the following awards:

  • Diplomas al Mérito
  • Konex de Platino
  • Konex de Brillante
  • Konex de Honor
  • Konex Mercosur

The jury selects the five personalities or institutions who achieve the most remarkable achievements in each of the 20 selected disciplines and awards each of these 100 personalities or institutions a “Diplomas al Mérito” in a public ceremony. The jury then selects one of the five people who will be awarded the “Konex de Platino”. From among the 20 “Konex de Platino” winners, the jury selects the “Konex de Brillante”, the most outstanding personality or institution considered the most relevant personality of the activity. The "Konex de Honor" is awarded to an outstanding deceased personality. The jury also has the power to give special recognitions to those who are found worthy but are not specifically qualified for particular disciplines. Since 2002 the jury has had the power to award the "Konex Mercosur" to the most important living personalities. All awards will be presented in a final, special ceremony.

Special classes

Menciones Especiales

The Grand Jury awards "Menciones Especiales" (Special Mentions) to those who have earned enough merit to be rewarded for their performance and who do not fit into the disciplines set for the areas.

Condecoración Konex

The Konex Foundation also has the authority to award the “Condecoración Konex” to honor personalities with outstanding careers around the world for their contribution to universal culture. So far, two awards have been given:

Web links

Commons : Konex Awards  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Foundation by Laws. Fundacion Konex, accessed October 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ Cronología. Fundacion Konex, September 26, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ a b Konex Awards Regulations. Fundacion Konex, accessed October 30, 2019 .