Casa de las Américas, laureate of the UNESCO-UNAM / Jaime Torres Bodet Prize

infocus_winner2017_casa2.jpg © Casa de las Américas 18 January 2018The Cuban cultural institution Casa de las Américas is the 2017 laureate of the UNESCO-UNAM / Jaime Torres Bodet Prize in social sciences, humanities and arts. Casa de las Américas, founded in April 1959, promotes research, publishing and the works of writers, social scientists, artists and students in literature and the arts. The institution also awards a literary prize that is one of the oldest and most prestigious in Latin American literature. Since 1961, it has published the cultural magazine Casa de las Américas. The award…

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