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30 March 2009
Call for Candidates for the UNESCO International José Martí Prize
The Sector for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO calls for nominations for the José Martí International Prize for which the deadline is 10 April 2009 at midnight.
Established in 1994 by the Executive Board of UNESCO at the initiative of Cuba, José Martí International Prize is endowed with a sum of 5,000 U.S. dollars financed by the Cuban Government. Member States or Associate Members of UNESCO, as well as international governmental and non governmental organizations and foundations that maintain official relations with UNESCO and whose activities fall within the scope of the Award are invited to propose a nomination of one person or entity.
Applications may in fact be submitted by a person, group of persons, institution or non-governmental organization, from anywhere in the world that the candidate made an important contribution to the unity and the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean and to the preservation of their identities, cultural traditions and historical values.
José Marti fought from a very early age (Havana, 28 January 1853 - Dos Ríos, 19 May 1895) in word and deed for the independence of Cuba, the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean and the ideal of universal concord. His ideas brought him imprisonment, torture and exile to Spain, where he studied at the Universities of Madrid and Zaragoza. A wanderer by force of circumstance, he travelled in Europe, the United States and Latin America. He was a journalist - the first to cover the region as a press correspondent - and founded various newspapers and reviews. His collected works, comprising 28 volumes, reveal the many facets of his outstanding intellectual abilities as poet, educator, diplomat, leader and revolutionary ideologist. José Martí gave his life during the war of independence of 1895.
· Composition of the Jury of the International José Martí Prize, 2003-2009
For more information, please contact:
Christina von Fürstenberg, c.von-furstenberg@unesco.org, Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 45 16
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