Overview
- The National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature announced four winners on December 24, with the decree published in the federal gazette and the award ceremony date still pending.
- José Agustín Monsreal Interián received the Linguistics and Literature prize for a more than five-decade body of work and his influence on generations of writers and readers.
- Mario Humberto Ruz Sosa earned the History, Social Sciences and Philosophy award for Maya-focused, interdisciplinary scholarship and his role in founding UNAM’s Cepchis.
- Painter Irma Palacios Flores won in Fine Arts for a sustained abstract practice, while Catalina Yolanda López Márquez was honored in Folk Arts and Traditions for preserving Oaxacan techniques such as the grana cochinilla.
- Ruz Sosa is scheduled to address Mérida’s solemn Cabildo session on January 6 and to take part in the “100 joyas del arte sacro de la Península de Yucatán” presentation on January 8.