Literary award in Brazil
The Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize") is the most traditional literary award in Brazil, given by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL). It was conceived by Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959 when he presided over the CBL, with the interest of rewarding authors, editors, illustrators, graphics and booksellers who stood out each year.
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In 1959, there were only seven categories: Literature, Cover, Illustration, Editor of the Year, Chart of the Year, Bookseller of the Year and Literary Personality. Subsequently, the award incorporated other categories involving the creation and production of books, such as Adaptation, Graphic Design and Translation. In addition to the traditional categories such as Romance, Tales and Chronicles, Poetry, Children's, Youth, Reportage and Biography. The "Fiction Book of the Year" and "Non-Fiction Book of the Year" categories were created in 1991 and 1993, respectively. The Jabuti Award began to include two new divisions in 2017: Comics and Brazilian Book Published Abroad.
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In 2018, the Jabuti Award changed its format, with the then 29 categories being reduced to 18, distributed along four axes. In addition, it also changed the "Book of the Year" category (which until then awarded two books, one fiction and one nonfiction), starting to prize only one book, regardless of genre.
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The Yearbook will be awarded to a single work, whether Fiction or Non-Fiction. The author will receive a special Tortoise trophy and a gross value of R$ 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand reais). The publisher of the work will receive a unique figurine (2019).
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Since its first edition in 1959 many new categories have been added, and today it covers numerous literary and related categories:
Partial selection of winners
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Marques Rebelo, Novel / Fiction
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Julieta de Godoy Ladeira, Stories / novels
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Mário Chamie,
Poetry
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Mário Graciotti, Literary Studies (Essays)
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Jacob Penteado, Biography and memoir
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José Aderaldo Castelo, Literary History
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Jorge Mautner, Adult Literature (author revelation)
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Cecília Meireles, Literary translations
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Elos Sand, Children's Literature
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Vicente Di Grado, Cover Artist
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Francisco Marins, Novel / Fiction
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João Antônio, Stories / novels
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Herman Lima, Poetry
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Cecília Meireles, Poetry
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Otto Maria Carpeaux, Literary History
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João Antônio, Adult Literature (author revelation)
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Maria José Dupré, Children's Literature
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Florestan Fernandes, Human Sciences (except letters)
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Oswaldo Sangiorgi, Exact science - Mathematics
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Crodoaldo Pavan/
Antônio Brito da Cunha/
Maury Miranda, Natural Sciences - Genetics
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Percy Lau, Illustrations
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Ove Osterbye, Cover Artist
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Mário Donato, Novel / Fiction
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Sônia Coutinho, Stories / novels
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Leila Coelho Frota, Poetry
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Davi Arrigucci Júnior, Literary Studies (Essays)
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Cyro dos Anjos, Biography or memoir
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Augusto de Campos, Translation of literary work
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Joel Rufino dos Santos, Children's Literature
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Adofo Crippa, Human Sciences (except letters)
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Cláudio Lucchesi,
Tomasz Kowaltowski,
Janos Simon,
Imre Simon and
Istvan Simon, Exact sciences
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Mário Guimarães Ferri, Natural Sciences
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Maurício Prates de Campos Filho, Science (Technology)
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Eugênio Amado, Translation of scientific work
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Alceu Amoroso Lima, Literary person of the year
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Carlos Nascimento Silva,
Sônia Coutinho and
Modesto Carone, Novel / Fiction
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Charles Kiefer,
Rubens Figueiredo and
João Inácio Padilha, Stories and chronicles
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Haroldo de Campos,
Gerardo Melo Mourão and
Salgado Maranhão, Poetry
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Editora Globo,
Ivo Barroso and
Victor Burton, Translation
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Ricardo Azevedo (duas publ) and
Lourenço Cazarré, Children's / youth literature
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Eduardo Bueno,
Hilário Franco Junior and
Novais/
Sevcenko/
Schwarcz, Human Sciences
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Alfredo K. Oyama Homma,
Pedro L. B. Lisboa and
Lacaz/
Porto/
Vaccari/
Melo, Natural Science and medicine
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Márcia Helena Mendes Ferraz,
Herch Moysés Nussenzveig and
Sônia Pitta Coelho/
Francisco César Polcino Milies, Exact sciences, Technology and Computers
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Paul Singer,
Josué Rios and
Celso Furtado, Economics, Management, Business and Law
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Roger Mello,
Demóstenes Vargas and
Roberto Weigand, Illustration of children's or youth books
Note:
Gilberto Freyre won a posthumous award.