00:00...
00:17Let me open a window to the past.
00:20Let's set the scene.
00:21It's 1981, in this same setting,
00:25and during the first presentation of these awards.
00:29They announce the one for Communication and Humanities,
00:32And out comes José Ortega Spotorno, with a little note in his hand.
00:36The note is by María Zambrano,
00:39first and only woman to receive the award that year
00:41where this foundation began its journey.
00:45The philosopher and writer had been in exile for four decades.
00:48And, when thanking him for the award, he told my father that in him
00:52A light turns on and flaps its wings
00:55a presence where youth and novelty come together,
01:00hope for a story that unfolds.
01:04My father is turning 60 today.
01:07But that afternoon he was listening very attentively.
01:10What was said there, I was 13 years old.
01:20My memory goes back to the following scene.
01:24My mother takes us to see Poño on the cliff.
01:28For Sofia, it's her first time seeing a movie in a cinema.
01:32She's not even two years old and she's sitting on my mother's lap.
01:36I am mesmerized by the story.
01:39My sister can handle it more or less, she stirs a little.
01:42but it also lets itself be carried away by the unsurpassed and wise animation
01:46of this study that has since been part of our education.
01:51And it is a source of pride, I confess.
01:55to see how Leonor, the Princess of Asturias,
01:59She continues to take firm steps as honorary president of the Foundation
02:04while developing and accumulating valuable experiences in their life learning,
02:12as does infancy.
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