Laureano Albán
# Laureano Albán

Laureano Albán Rivas (born January 9, 1942) is a Costa Rican writer. A native of Turrialba, he was a recipient of the Magón National Prize for Culture in 2006. He served as representative of the Republic of Costa Rica to UNESCO 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.
