The Premio Gabriela Mistral (Premio Interamericano de Cultura "Gabriela Mistral" or Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Prize for Culture) was an award made by the

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. It was created in 1979 in memory of the

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator, and Catholic. She was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order. She was ...

. No awards have been made since 2000.

Awardees

The list of awardees includes: * Antonio Cisneros (2000) Artes Literarias *

Marisol Escobar Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. She became world-famous in the mid-1960s, but lapsed into relative ob ...

(1997) Artes Plásticas *

Martin Carter Martin Wylde Carter (7 June 1927 – 13 December 1997) was a Guyanese poet and political activist. Widely regarded as the greatest Guyanese poet, and one of the most important poets of the Caribbean region, Carter is best known for his p ...

(1996) Artes Literarias **

José Antonio Abreu José Antonio Abreu Anselmi (May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2018) was a Venezuelan orchestra conductor, pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician best known for his association with El Sistema. He was honored with the 2009 Latin Gramm ...

Artes Musicales * Olga Orozco (1994) Artes Literarias ** Gregorio Weimberg Filosofía ** Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias Filosofía * Francisco Brennand (1993) Artes Plásticas * Blas Galindo (1992) Artes Musicales * Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1991) Artes Literarias *

Museo del Barro Museo del Barro is a museum located on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It began as a private circulating collection and seven years later acquired a permanent location. It includes three separate divisions, a pottery museum, ...

de Paraguay directed by Carlos Colombino (1990) Artes Plásticas * Juan Orrego Salas (1988) Artes Musicales *

Leopoldo Zea Leopoldo Zea Aguilar (June 30, 1912 – June 8, 2004) was a Mexican Philosophy, philosopher. Biography Zea was born in Mexico City. One of the integral Latin Americanism thinkers in history, Zea became famous thanks to his master's thesis, ''E ...

(1987) Artes Literarias * Alfredo Volpi (1986) Artes Plásticas * Robert Stevenson (1985) Artes Musicales ** Francisco Curt Lange Artes Musicales *

Ernesto Sábato Ernesto Sabato (; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary ...

(1984) Artes Literarias

External links

OAS announcement, 2000

- prize hosted by the city of

Mérida, Yucatán Mérida (, ) is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the Mérida Municipality, eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland fro ...

, in 2000 Organization of American States {{award-stub