Camões Prize
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History
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 7 September 1966, which creates the Camões Prize, signed in Brasilia on 22 June 1988, and approved in Portugal by Decree No. 43/88 of 30 November 1988.[1]
This Protocol was replaced by a new one between the Portuguese Republic and the Federative Republic of Brazil, signed in Lisbon on 17 April 1999, approved by Portugal through Decree 47/99 in the official gazette of 5 November 1999.[2]
The first award was made in 1989, with the winner being Miguel Torga. In 2006, José Luandino Vieira became the first person to refuse the award.[3]
Description
The Camões Prize is considered the most prestigious literary award in the Portuguese-speaking world.[4][5] It is awarded for a body of work that contributes to the dissemination and recognition of Portuguese language.[6] It is awarded annually by the Portuguese Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca[7] (National Book, Archives and Libraries Department) and the Brazilian Fundação Biblioteca Nacional[8] (National Library Foundation). The award consists of a cash prize contributed by Brazil and Portugal. The value of the prize is set annually by agreement between the two countries, and currently stands at Template:Currency.
Writers in Portuguese from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries are considered for the prize. The winner is chosen by a specially designated jury, with representatives from Brazil, Portugal, and African countries with Portuguese as an official language.[4]
Past winners
| Year | Author | Country | Genre(s) | Ref(s) | |
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| 1989 | centro | Miguel Torga (1907–1995) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, short story, novel, drama, memoirs, essay | |
| 1990 | João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry | ||
| 1991 | José Craveirinha (1922–2003) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, journalism | ||
| 1992 | Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, memoirs, essay | ||
| 1993 | centro | Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, translation, journalism, drama, memoirs, children's literature | [9] |
| 1994 | centro | Jorge Amado (1912–2001) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, poetry, children's literature, biography, journalism | |
| 1995 | centro | José Saramago (1922–2010) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, drama, poetry, memoirs, journalism, children's literature | |
| 1996 | centro | Eduardo Lourenço (1923–2020) | Script error: No such module "flag". | philosophy, literary criticism, essay | |
| 1997 | centro | "Pepetela"-Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (1941 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, drama | |
| 1998 | centro | António Cândido de Mello e Sousa (1918–2017) | Script error: No such module "flag". | literary criticism, literary theory, essay, poetry | |
| 1999 | centro | Sophia de Mello Breyner (1919–2004) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, short story, drama, children's literature, translation, essay | |
| 2000 | Autran Dourado (1926–2012) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, essay, memoirs | ||
| 2001 | centro | Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, children's literature, translation, short story | |
| 2002 | centro | Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, drama, essay, screenplay | |
| 2003 | Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, screenplay | ||
| 2004 | Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, drama, essay, children's literature, biography, memoirs | ||
| 2005 | centro | Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918 – 2022) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story | |
| 2006 | José Luandino Vieira (1935 – ) – refused | Script error: No such module "flag". / Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, journalism, children's literature, translation | [3] | |
| 2007 | centro | António Lobo Antunes (1942 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story | |
| 2008 | centro | João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, journalism, children's literature, essay | |
| 2009 | centro | Arménio Vieira (1941 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, journalism | |
| 2010 | centro | Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, short story, essay, art criticism, biography | [10] |
| 2011 | Manuel António Pina (1943–2012) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, children's literature, drama, short story, journalism | [11] | |
| 2012 | Dalton Trevisan (1925–2024) | Script error: No such module "flag". | short story | [12] | |
| 2013 | centro | Mia Couto (1955 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, short story, poetry | [13] |
| 2014 | Alberto da Costa e Silva (1931–2023) | Script error: No such module "flag". | history, poetry, memoirs, essay, biography | [14] | |
| 2015 | Hélia Correia (1949 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, children's literature, drama, poetry | [15] | |
| 2016 | centro | Raduan Nassar (1935 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | short story, novel | [16] |
| 2017 | centro | Manuel Alegre (1936 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry, novel | [17] |
| 2018 | centro | Germano Almeida (1945 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel | [18] |
| 2019 | centro | Chico Buarque (1944 – ) | Script error: No such module "flag". | songwriting, novel, drama | [19] |
| 2020 | Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939 –) | Script error: No such module "flag". | essay | [20] | |
| 2021 | File:Paulina Chiziane by Otávio de Souza.jpg | Paulina Chiziane (1955 –) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel | [21] |
| 2022 | File:Silviano Santiago, Ganador del Premio José Donoso 2014.jpg | Silviano Santiago (1936 –) | Script error: No such module "flag". | novel, essay, literary criticism | [22] |
| 2023 | João Barrento (1940 –) | Script error: No such module "flag". | translation, essay | [23] | |
| 2024 | Adélia Prado (1935 –) | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry | [24] | |
| 2025 | Ana Paula Tavares (1952-( | Script error: No such module "flag". | poetry | [25] | |
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- ↑ [cite web|date= 2025-10-08| title= Poeta angolana Ana Paula Tavares vence o Prêmio Camões 2025|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/mundo/poeta-angolana-ana-paula-tavares-vence-o-premio-camoes-2025/%7C website= Veja online|language=pt-BR]
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