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Literary award for Lusophone countries
Award
Camões Prize Prémio Camões
Country
Lusophone countries Presented by Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca (Portugal) and Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (Brazil) Reward(s) €100,000 First awarded 1989
The Camões Prize (
Portuguese : Prémio Camões , Portuguese pronunciation:
[ˈpɾɛmju kaˈmõjʃ] )), named after
Luís de Camões , is the most important prize for literature in the
Portuguese language . It is awarded annually by the
Portuguese Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca
[1] (National Book, Archive an Libraries Department) and the
Brazilian Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
[2] (National Library Foundation) to the author of an outstanding oeuvre of work written in
Portuguese . The monetary award is of
€ 100,000, making it among the
richest literary prizes in the world .
History
This award is considered the premier literary prize in the Portuguese-speaking world and is granted on the basis of the entirety of one's work.
[3]
The Camões Prize is awarded annually, alternating between the two countries, and based on decision of a specially designated jury. The award consists of a cash amount resulting from the contributions from Brazil and Portugal, and is set annually by mutual agreement.
The Camões Prize was first introduced by the Additional Protocol to the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the Federal Republic of Brazil, dated September 7, 1966, which creates the Camões Prize, signed in Brasilia on June 22, 1988, and approved in Portugal by Decree No. 43/88 of November 30, 1988.
[4]
This Protocol was replaced by a new one between the Portuguese Republic and the Federative Republic of Brazil, signed in Lisbon on April 17, 1999, approved by Portugal through Decree 47/99 in the official gazette of November 5, 1999.
[5]
The Laureates
Year
Author
Country
Genre(s)
Ref(s)
1989
Miguel Torga (1907–1995)
Portugal
poetry ,
short story ,
novel ,
drama ,
memoirs ,
essay
1990
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
Brazil
poetry
1991
José Craveirinha (1922–2003)
Mozambique
poetry ,
journalism
1992
Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996)
Portugal
novel ,
short story ,
memoirs ,
essay
1993
Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
Brazil
novel ,
short story ,
translation ,
journalism ,
drama ,
memoirs ,
children's literature
[6]
1994
Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
Brazil
novel ,
short story ,
poetry ,
children's literature ,
biography ,
journalism
1995
José Saramago (1922–2010)
Portugal
novel ,
short story ,
drama ,
poetry ,
memoirs ,
journalism ,
children's literature
1996
Eduardo Lourenço (1923–2020)
Portugal
philosophy ,
literary criticism ,
essay
1997
"Pepetela"-Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (1941 – )
Angola
novel ,
drama
1998
António Cândido de Mello e Sousa (1918–2017)
Brazil
literary criticism ,
literary theory ,
essay ,
poetry
1999
Sophia de Mello Breyner (1919–2004)
Portugal
poetry ,
short story ,
drama ,
children's literature ,
translation ,
essay
2000
Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
Brazil
novel ,
short story ,
essay ,
memoirs
2001
Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005)
Portugal
poetry ,
children's literature ,
translation ,
short story
2002
Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)
Portugal
novel ,
short story ,
drama ,
essay ,
screenplay
2003
Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
Brazil
novel ,
short story ,
screenplay
2004
Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019)
Portugal
novel ,
short story ,
drama ,
essay ,
children's literature ,
biography ,
memoirs
2005
Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918 – 2022)
Brazil
novel ,
short story
2006
José Luandino Vieira (1935 – ) – refused
Portugal /
Angola
novel ,
short story ,
journalism ,
children's literature ,
translation
[7]
2007
António Lobo Antunes (1942 – )
Portugal
novel ,
short story
2008
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941 – 2014)
Brazil
novel ,
short story ,
journalism ,
children's literature ,
essay
2009
Arménio Vieira (1941 – )
Cape Verde
poetry ,
journalism
2010
Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
Brazil
poetry ,
short story ,
essay ,
art criticism ,
biography
[8]
2011
Manuel António Pina (1943–2012)
Portugal
poetry ,
children's literature ,
drama ,
short story ,
journalism
[9]
2012
Dalton Trevisan (1925 – )
Brazil
short story ,
novel
2013
Mia Couto (1955 – )
Mozambique
novel ,
short story ,
poetry
[10]
2014
Alberto da Costa e Silva (1931–2023)
Brazil
history ,
poetry ,
memoirs ,
essay ,
biography
[11]
2015
Hélia Correia (1949 – )
Portugal
novel ,
children's literature ,
drama ,
poetry
[12]
2016
Raduan Nassar (1935 – )
Brazil
short story ,
novel
[13]
2017
Manuel Alegre (1936 – )
Portugal
poetry ,
novel
[14]
2018
Germano Almeida (1945 – )
Cape Verde
novel
[15]
2019
Chico Buarque (1944 – )
Brazil
songwriting ,
novel ,
drama
[16]
2020
Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939 –)
Portugal
essay
[17]
2021
Paulina Chiziane (1955 –)
Mozambique
novel
[18]
2022
Silviano Santiago (1936 –)
Brazil
novel ,
essay ,
literary criticism
[19]
2023
João Barrento (1940 –)
Portugal
translation ,
essay
[20]
Winners per country
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"O Prémio Camões 2014 é o brasileiro Alberto da Costa e Silva" (in Portuguese). Publico. Retrieved 2014-05-30 .
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"Cabo-verdiano Germano Almeida vence Prémio Camões 2018" (in Portuguese). Observador. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21 .
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"Chico Buarque é o novo ganhador do prêmio Camões de literatura" (in Portuguese).
Folha de S. Paulo . 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21 .
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"Vítor Aguiar e Silva é o vencedor do Prémio Camões 2020" . Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-10-28 .
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"Prêmio Camões vai para escritora moçambicana Paulina Chiziane" . Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-20 .
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"Prêmio Camões 2022 vai para Silviano Santiago, crítico e autor de 'Machado' " . Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-10-24 .
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"Ensaísta e tradutor João Barrento vence Prémio Camões 2023" . www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-11 .