NATIONAL AWARDS ARE REGULATED AT A GENERAL LEVEL IN LAW NO. 19,169, WHICH "ESTABLISHES RULES ON THE GRANTING OF NATIONAL AWARDS". HOWEVER, AS ESTABLISHED IN LAW NO. 21,045 THAT CREATED MINCAP, THE NATIONAL AWARDS FOR ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES WILL BE AWARDED BY THIS INSTITUTION. THE NATIONAL AWARD IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION GRANTED BY THE STATE OF CHILE, TO THE WORK OF CHILEANS WHO, FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY, TRANSCENDENT CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ARTS, ARE ENTITLED TO THESE AWARDS. EXCEPTIONALLY, IT MAY BE AWARDED TO A FOREIGNER, WITH A LONG RESIDENCE IN CHILE, WHOSE SCIENTIFIC OR CREATIVE WORK HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTRY. THE JURY IS SOVEREIGN IN THE SELECTION OF APPLICANTS. THERE WILL BE NO OBLIGATION TO PRESENT A DOCUMENTED REPORT OF MERITS. THE AWARD IS INDIVISIBLE. HOWEVER, THE JURY, BY THE UNANIMITY OF ITS MEMBERS, IN QUALIFIED CASES, MAY JOINTLY ASSIGN THE AWARD TO TWO OR MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORMED A WORK TEAM OR FOR HAVING JOINTLY CARRIED OUT AN EXCEPTIONAL WORK. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW NO. 19,169, THE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION PER YEAR: EVEN YEARS, CORRESPONDS TO LITERATURE/MUSICAL ARTS. ODD-NUMBERED YEARS, CORRESPONDS TO PERFORMING AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS/PLASTIC ARTS. A JURY IS CONSTITUTED FOR EACH PRIZE. EACH ONE IS MADE UP OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, ARTS AND HERITAGE, THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHILE AND THE LAST WINNER, IN ADDITION TO 3 OTHER MEMBERS. THE PRIZE CONSISTS OF THE DELIVERY OF A DIPLOMA, DELIVERY OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT IS READJUSTED ANNUALLY SINCE 1993, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VARIATION OF THE IPC OF THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR (IN 2018 THIS SUM AMOUNTED TO $ 21,393,670) AND, IN DELIVERY OF A MONTHLY LIFE PENSION, EQUIVALENT TO 20 UTM (MONTHLY TAX UNITS).
THE WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL AWARDS IN LITERATURE, MUSICAL ARTS, PLASTIC ARTS, PERFORMANCE AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS, BY YEAR, CAN BE CONSULTED AT: HTTPS://WWW.CULTURA.GOB.CL/PREMIOSNACIONALES/WINNERS/ CONSIDERING THESE 4 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES, ALMOST 100 NATIONAL AWARDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED. IN 2020, THE NATIONAL LITERATURE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO ELICURA CHIHUAILAF, THE FIRST MAPUCHE WRITER TO OBTAIN THE AWARD. OVER THESE 40 YEARS, THE WRITER HAS PUBLISHED 17 LITERARY WORKS AND MADE TRANSLATIONS TO MAPUZUGUN OF IMPORTANT NATIONAL WORKS. HIS WORK HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES, HAS MORE THAN 36 TEXTS IN SCHOOLBOOKS IN 22 YEARS, MORE THAN 100 VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND 25 UNIVERSITIES IN CHILE, ANOTHER 60 VISITS TO UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS ON FOUR CONTINENTS, MORE THAN 20 MUSICAL WORKS, CREATED WITH HIS POETRY, SIX PLASTIC EXHIBITIONS INSPIRED BY HIS WORK, AND FIVE WORKS OF DANCING AND THEATER BASED ON HIS WRITINGS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AWARDING OF THE PRIZE WAS MADE BY THE MINISTER OF CULTURES, ARTS, AND HERITAGE, CONSUELO VALDES, AFTER A DELIBERATION OF ABOUT TWO HOURS BY THE JURY THAT RECOGNIZED THE AUTHOR OF "SUENOS DE LUNA AZUL". "FOR HIS VAST CAREER AND HIS ABILITY TO INSTALL THE ORAL TRADITION OF HIS PEOPLE IN A POWERFUL WRITING THAT TRANSCENDES THE MAPUCHE CULTURE" -AS WAS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES-, ELICURA CHIHUAILAF BECOMES THE FIRST MAPUCHE WRITER THAT GETS THE
"EXCELLENCE" AWARD GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE CREATORS WHO HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY AND TRANSCENDENT CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF LETTERS. A GREETING AND THANK YOU IN MAPUZUGUN WERE THE WINNER'S FIRST WORDS AFTER RECEIVING THE NEWS: "PLURICULTURALITY IS THE WAY AT SUCH A DREADING MOMENT THAT THE WORLD LIVES. NATURE HAS GIVEN US A HARD WARNING, BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT THE LITERATURE ALSO SOMETIMES HURTS", HE ADDED, ASSURING THAT "THIS NATIONAL AWARD WILL PUT THE EMPHASIS THAT NATURE IS GIVING US A GREAT SIGN FROM THE WIDE. OUR STRUGGLE IS A STRUGGLE FOR TENDERNESS". THE RECOGNIZED WILL OBTAIN A DIPLOMA, AN AMOUNT CLP $ 22,000,000 AND A MONTHLY LIVING PENSION EQUIVALENT TO 20 MONTHLY TAX UNITS - UTM
AS INDICATED, THE PRIZE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONSISTS OF THE DELIVERY OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT IS READJUSTED ANNUALLY SINCE 1993, ACCORDING TO THE VARIATION OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) OF THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR. IN 2018 THIS SUM AMOUNTED TO CL$21.393.670.-/USD$27.658.-
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