# Delmira Agustini Medal

The Delmira Agustini Medal is a civil decoration of Uruguay whose purpose is to honor those citizens, natural or legal, and foreign personalities who contribute or have contributed significantly to culture and the arts who, in the opinion of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, deserve such recognition. The medal was created on 4 January 2013 and was named after Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini.

## History

The Delmira Agustini Medal was created by Law No. 19,050 of 4 January 2013, which also put in charge of the Ministry of Education and Culture the decision of who will be awarded, to perform the presentation of the decoration and also ordered that the Executive Branch through the Ministry of Education and Culture regulate all other matters related to the medal.
Decree No. 123/013 of 23 April 2013 further regulated the aforementioned law.

## Appearance

The medal was named after poet Delmira Agustini. It is made of copper, minted on its obverse and engraved on its reverse with a cover of old silver. It is circular-shaped with a diameter of 40 millimeters and three millimeters of thickness. It is delivered in a case.
On its obverse it depicts a low relief engraving of the figure of Delmira Agustini, surrounded by an Art Nouveau decoration. On its reverse is engraved the text "En reconocimiento a la contribución a la cultura y las artes. Ministerio de Educación y Cultura. República Oriental del Uruguay" ("In recognition of the contribution to culture and the arts. Ministry of Education and Culture. Eastern Republic of Uruguay").

## Eligibility and appointment

The medal is awarded by the Minister of Education and Culture to citizens (natural or legal) as well as to foreigners who have notably contributed to culture and the arts in any of its aspects, which in the opinion of the Ministry of Education and Culture deserves the recognition.
The presentation is performed in an act, public or private, without having to comply with any formality or protocol other than that the recipient meets the requirements to be awarded and the person presenting the award is able to do so. After that, the Ministry of Education and Culture will register in the registry of the medal, managed by the National Directorate of Culture of this Ministry, who is being decorated with the medal.

## Recipients

* Recipients
* 2013 |
* Uruguay - Daniel Vidart
* Uruguay - Circe Maia
* Uruguay - China Zorrilla
* Uruguay - Nibia Mariño
* France - Yamina Benguigui
* Uruguay - Cristina Peri Rossi
* Italia - Eugenio Barba
* United States - Glenn Close
* South Africa - J. M. Coetzee
* 2014 |
* Uruguay - Octavio Podestá
* Uruguay - Águeda Dicancro
* Uruguay - Wilfredo Díaz Valdez
* Uruguay - Hebe Rosa
* Uruguay - Roberto Fontana
* Uruguay - Estela Medina
* Uruguay - Walter Reyno
* Uruguay - Antonio "Taco" Larreta
* Uruguay - Ruben Rada
* Uruguay - Jaime Roos
* Uruguay - Eduardo Galeano
* Uruguay - Carlos Maggi
* Uruguay - Benjamín Nahum
* 2015 |
* Argentina - Julio Bocca
* Uruguay - Murga Comodines
* 2016 |
* Uruguay - Enrique Iglesias
* 2017 |
* Uruguay - José María Obaldía
* Uruguay - Villanueva Cosse
* 2019 |
* Uruguay - Danilo Astori
* Uruguay - Ricardo Ramón Jarne
* Uruguay - José "Pepe" Vázquez
* Uruguay - Washington Carrasco
* Uruguay - Cristina Fernández
* Uruguay - Linda Kohen
* Uruguay - Ida Vitale
* 2020 |
* Uruguay - María Julia Caamaño
* Uruguay - Thomas Lowy
* Spain - Igor Yebra
* 2021 |
* Uruguay - Lisa Block de Behar
* Uruguay - Beatriz Massons
* Uruguay - Clara Ost