Laureano Albán Rivas (9 January 1942 – 5 June 2022) was a
Costa Rica
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n writer. A native of
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* Turrialba Volcano
* Turrialba Volcano National Park, created around Turrialba Volcano.
* Turrialba (canton), located in Cartago Province
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, he was a recipient of the
Magón National Prize for Culture The Magón National Prize for Culture ''(Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón)'' is an award given by the government of Costa Rica
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in 2006.
He served as representative of the Republic of Costa Rica to
UNESCO
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from 1998–2002.
Awards
*Adonais Prize for poetry, Madrid, Spain, 1979.
*National Poetry Prize Achilles J. Echeverria, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980.
*First Prize of Spanish Culture, Madrid, Spain, 1981.
*Spanish American Literature Award, Huelva, Spain, 1982.
*Religious International Poetry Prize, Burgos, Spain, 1983.
*Single Award VII Biennial of Poetry, León, Spain, 1983.
*Columbia University Translation Award center, New York, USA. UU., 1983.
*Prize Walt Whitman Poetry Central, Central, 1986.
*World Prize for Mystical Poetry Rielo Fernando, Madrid, Spain, 1989.
*National Poetry Prize Achilles J. Echeverria, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1993.
*Mago National Culture Award, San José, Costa Rica, 2006.
References
1942 births
2022 deaths
Costa Rican male writers
People from Cartago Province
Permanent delegates of Costa Rica to UNESCO
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