Gilberto Silva Taboada, National Prize for Cultural Heritage 2021

December 30, 2021

The researcher Gilberto Silva Taboada (Havana, November 21, 1927), received on this December 28th, at the National Museum of Decorative Arts, the National Prize for Cultural Heritage for his life's work, 2021, which was awarded to him by the National Council for Cultural Heritage (CNPC), of the Ministry of Culture.

A jury presided over by Juan Manuel González Rondón, vice president of the CNPC, and composed of architect Omar López Rodríguez, conservator of the City of Santiago de Cuba; Lesbia Vent Dumois, national prize for Plastic Arts and president of the Association of Plastic Artists of the Uneac; doctor Armando Rangel Rivero, director of the Montané Museum; and René González Barrios, director of the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, was in charge of this important decision, after carefully assessing the seven proposals presented for the award.

"For his multifaceted work, with a long and fruitful scientific trajectory of relevant contributions to research, teaching, Mammalogy and the museology of Cuban natural history and for being an eloquent symbol of everyday heroism that allowed him to gather a giant body of work that today encourages, guides and drives young people and researchers in general," the jury decided in favor of Silva Taboada, who is also a founding member of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, and a member of the American Museum of Natural Sciences in New York, which awarded him the Honoris Causa doctorate in 2016, of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union, of the Speleological Society of Cuba and emeritus curator of the National Museum of Natural History.

The presentation ceremony was presided over by Fernando Rojas, vice minister of Culture, and Sonia Virgen Pérez Mojena, president of the CNPC.