Leonard Cohen, Prince of Asturias Award for Letters

[MaryB]

Email confirmation from Attorney Robert Kory: Leonard Cohen will be attending Prince of Asturias Award Ceremony!

Lucky those who will be anywhere near here!

[John Etherington]

I see that Javier Mas and the Webb Sisters are appearing at the Leonard Cohen Tribute on October 19th. Here's a link to events, if it hasn't been posted here already:

http://www.fpa.es/en/press/news/program ... -ceremony/

All good things, John E

[Roy]

THE 2011 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS LAUREATES

http://www.fpa.es/en/awards/2011/

Leonard Cohen
Riccardo Muti
Haile Gebrselassie
Bill Drayton
Howard Gardner
Joseph Altman
Arturo Álvarez-Buylla
Giacomo Rizzolatti
The Royal Society
The Heroes of Fukushima

Sir Paul Nurse and Julie Maxton, President and Executive Director of The Royal Society collect Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.

The Japanese delegation of "Fukushima heroes" who collect the Prince of Concordia Award 2011: Shinji Iwakuma, Masami Watanabe, Toyohiko Tomioka, Kenji Kato, Yoshitsugu Oigawa.

[Goldin]

"The campus of Milan and the musical explosion in the nineties." Is the title of a text that illustrates the tribute booklet Oviedo University devoted to a generation of musicians raised on this campus Asturian and Leonard Cohen, using the author's visit to receive the prize "Prince of Asturias» de las Letras. University adds to the acts of recognition of the musician and writer, will also be "sung" in the Jovellanos Theatre.

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[Roy]

4 MORE DAYS!!

[Roy]

The 2011 Canada Honours/Canada's Walk of Fame induction ceremony is on Sunday, October 23, 2011, two days after The Prince of Asturias Awards ceremony. Good thing Leonard didn't get the Walk of Fame this year.

[Roy]

Poll added to the bottom of the Leonard Cohen | Halls of Fame site

Go Vote

http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.com

[BEATRIZ SALLES]

http://www.fpa.es/en/press/news/leonard ... -ceremony/

Leonard is arriving to Oviedo tonight.

Leonard Cohen, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla and Riccardo Muti to deliver speeches at the 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards Ceremony
17 of October of 2011

A simultaneous translation service in five languages will be provided for the awards ceremony at the Campoamor Theatre.

The event is to take place on Friday 21st October at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo.

Leonard Cohen, Prince of Asturias Award for Literature; Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, one of the three laureates of the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research; and Riccardo Muti, Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, will deliver speeches at the 31st Prince of Asturias Awards Ceremony. The event is to take place on Friday 21st October at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo.

The Foundation’s President, Matías Rodríguez Inciarte, and H.R.H. the Prince of Asturias will also deliver speeches during the ceremony.

A simultaneous translation service in five languages will be provided for the awards ceremony at the Campoamor Theatre. The Prince of Asturias Foundation will provide 1,600 receivers to the audience. Those attending the event may listen to the laureates’ speeches in English, French, Italian and Japanese, as well as in Spanish.

[Roy]

Press conferences with the Laureates

http://www.fpa.es/en/press/news/press-c ... ureates-1/

15 of October of 2011
Further information
Arrival of the Laureates
Programme of activities
2011 Laureates
During their stay in Asturias, the 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards Laureates will attend a series of events as well as meeting the press on a number of occasions. The timetable for the press conferences is as follows.

All press conferences will be held in the “Salón de Proyecciones” at the Reconquista Hotel (entrance c/ Arquitecto Reguera).

TUESDAY, 18th OCTOBER

4.00 pm Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Joseph Altman and Giacomo Rizzolatti. Prince of Asturias Award Laureates for Technical and Scientific Research.

5.30 pm Howard Gardner. Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Social Sciences.

WEDNESDAY, 19th OCTOBER

12 noon Leonard Cohen. Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Letters.

4.30 pm Sir Paul Nurse and Julie Maxton, President and Executive Director of The Royal Society, Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities.

THURSDAY, 20th OCTOBER

12 noon Bill Drayton. Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for International Cooperation.

1.30 pm Haile Gebrselassie. Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Sports.

FRIDAY, 21st OCTOBER

10.30 am The “Heroes Of Fukushima”, Prince Of Asturias Award For Concord: The Japanese delegation will be composed of representatives of the Nuclear Disaster Response Team: Colonel Iwakuma Shinji and Lieutenant Colonel Kenji Kato, from the Self-Defense Forces; Superintendents Yoshitsugu Oigawa and Masami Watanabe, from the National Police Force; and Captain Toyohiko Tomioka, from the Fire Brigade. They will be accompanied by Japan’s Ambassador to Spain, Saturo Satoh.

NOTE: The programme is subject to change

[gallina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxE-bbKW ... r_embedded

[Roy]

Leonard Cohen Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Las Letras VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxE-bbKW ... r_embedded

YES!! AND HERE TOO!:

From the Prince of Asturias site

http://www.fpa.es/microsite/cohen/index_en.html VIDEO IN ENGLISH

http://www.fpa.es/en/multimedia/interac ... ard-cohen/

http://www.fpa.es/en/awards/2011/leonard-cohen-1/

[Roy]

Leonard Cohen, Príncipe de Asturias Letras 2011 -europapress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=yb8mLQ4HllY --- 54 seconds in

[valentin]

All those who read the jury's decision and Leonard have read or have heard in their lives. But we are very pleased that you have brought to Spain

[BEATRIZ SALLES]

www.fpa.es/especial-premios-2011/imágen ... -premiados

Here he is! Just arrived!

[hazey]

Great!

Tomorrow his press conference will be broadcast online at 12 pm local time on www.fpa.es