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| Veteran Spanish actress Nuria Espert |
Veteran Spanish actress
Nuria Espert has been awarded one of the annual Prince of Asturias prizes for
her decades of dedication to Spanish and Catalan drama.
Associated
Press report continues:
Organizers
say Wednesday the 80-year-old actress and director from the northeastern Catalan
town of Hospitalet de Llobregat deserved the Asturias arts prize for
representing "the recovery and continuity of the great tradition of
Spanish theater in both the Spanish and Catalan languages" in a long and
varied career.
The €50,000 (US$64,330) award is one of eight Asturias prizes handed out yearly
by a foundation named for Crown Princess Leonor. Others categories include
social sciences, sport and scientific research. They are presented each fall in
the northern city of Oviedo.
Last year's arts winner was
U.S. film director Francis Ford Coppola.
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