In the call, the multilateral entity specified that for the delivery in 2023 of the UNESCO-José Martí Prize, created in 1994 at the initiative of Cuba, nominations will be accepted until October 28.
The award recognizes people and institutions with a significant contribution from anywhere in the world to the integration of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, in harmony with the legacy of the hero of independence.
Likewise, it highlights those who contribute to the preservation of the identity, cultural traditions and historical values of the region.
UNESCO recalled in its invitation that Martí was a great leader and man of action in the struggles for Cuban independence, a political thinker and an outstanding writer.
In 2019, Cuban poet and essayist Roberto Fernández Retamar was awarded the UNESCO-José Martí International Prize.
The prize has also been won by the Mexican Alfonso Herrera (2016), the Brazilian Frei Betto (2013), the Argentine Atilio Boron (2009), the former president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez (2005), the Mexican Pablo Gonzalez Casanova (2003) and the Ecuadorian Oswaldo Guayaja. 2003). 1999) and the Dominican Celsa Albert Batista (1995).
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