Madrid, 06/03/2025. The Board of Directors of CEDRO has awarded the CEDRO Award 2025 to the Galician writer, journalist and screenwriter Manuel Rivas.
With this award, his firm commitment to culture has been recognized, as well as his contribution to the defense of copyright and intellectual property.
Carme Riera, president of CEDRO, has highlighted that "this year, we wanted to recognize Manuel Rivas for his activism and public commitment to the promotion and defense of literary creation, cultural values ??and copyright."
Likewise, the president of CEDRO has stressed that "Manuel Rivas has never hesitated to publicly claim the need to preserve authorship and the fair remuneration of writers in the digital age." She also highlighted "Rivas's charitable nature", recalling his participation in 2022 in the #CEDROteAcompaña campaign, an initiative promoted by CEDRO to publicize the aid that the Entity offers to writers, translators and journalists who are going through difficult times.
