The Fraternity Award ( es, Premio Fraternidad) is an honor given annually by the

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an branch of the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

organization

B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peopl ...

History

The Uruguayan branch of B'nai B'rith created the Fraternity Award in 1982, to promote the arts and to support national artists in the areas of Literature, Plastic Arts, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater, and Music. The prize consists of granting a trip to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and a country in

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, which allows the winner to get in touch with the development and cultural projection of other areas. The winner performs a concert, exhibition, play, or lecture. Since 1986, it has been given together with the , when the juror Alberto Candeau took the initiative to recognize the career of Uruguayan artists. In 2012 the award was declared to be of national interest by President

José Mujica José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and impr ...

Winners

*1982,

Marosa di Giorgio Marosa di Giorgio (née María Rosa di Giorgio Médici, Salto, 1932 – Montevideo, 2004) was a Uruguayan poet and novelist. Marosa di Giorgio is considered one of the most singular voices in Latin America. Critics tend to agree that her writing ...

(literature) *1983, (plastic arts) *1984, Stella Santos (theater) *1985, Miguel Ángel Marozzi (music) *1986, (literature) *1987, (plastic arts) *1988, Héctor Manuel Vidal (theater) *1989, Esteban Falconi (music) *1990,

Tomás de Mattos Tomás de Mattos Hernández (October 14, 1947 – March 21, 2016) was a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos was one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country. As a libraria ...

(literature) *1991, (plastic arts) *1992, Jorge Curi (theater) *1993, (music) *1994, Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León (literature) *1995, Nelson Ramos (plastic arts) *1996, Roberto Suárez (theater) *1998, (literature) *1999, (plastic arts) *2000, Levón Burunsuzian (theater) *2001, Francisco Simaldoni (music) *2002, Leonardo Garet (literature) *2003, (plastic arts) *2004, Margarita Musto (theater) *2005: Jorge Camiruaga (music) *2006: (literature) *2007: (plastic arts) *2008: Mario Ferreira (theater) *2010:

Federico Veiroj Federico Veiroj (born 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Veiroj studied Communications at the UCUDAL. Two of his films have been List of Uruguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Interna ...

(film) *2012: Federica Folco (dance) *2013: (music) *2014, Fermín Hontou (plastic arts). *2015, Alicia Alfonso. * 2016, * 2017, Federico Nathan (música).

References

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