Camões Prize Explained

Camões Prize
Prémio Camões
Presenter:Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca (Portugal) and
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (Brazil)
Country:Lusophone countries
Reward:€100,000
Year:1989

The Camões Prize (pronounced as /pt/), 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, 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 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.[4]

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.[5]

The Laureates

YearAuthorCountryGenre(s)Ref(s)
1989Miguel Torga (1907–1995)poetry, short story, novel, drama, memoirs, essay
1990João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)poetry
1991José Craveirinha (1922–2003) poetry, journalism
1992Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996)novel, short story, memoirs, essay
1993Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)novel, short story, translation, journalism, drama, memoirs, children's literature[6]
1994Jorge Amado (1912–2001)novel, short story, poetry, children's literature, biography, journalism
1995José Saramago (1922–2010)novel, short story, drama, poetry, memoirs, journalism, children's literature
1996Eduardo Lourenço (1923–2020)philosophy, literary criticism, essay
1997"Pepetela"-Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (1941 –)novel, drama
1998António Cândido de Mello e Sousa (1918–2017)literary criticism, literary theory, essay, poetry
1999Sophia de Mello Breyner (1919–2004)poetry, short story, drama, children's literature, translation, essay
2000Autran Dourado (1926–2012)novel, short story, essay, memoirs
2001Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005)poetry, children's literature, translation, short story
2002Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)novel, short story, drama, essay, screenplay
2003Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020) novel, short story, screenplay
2004Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019)novel, short story, drama, essay, children's literature, biography, memoirs
2005Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918 – 2022)novel, short story
2006José Luandino Vieira (1935 –) – refused / novel, short story, journalism, children's literature, translation[7]
2007António Lobo Antunes (1942 –)novel, short story
2008João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941 – 2014) novel, short story, journalism, children's literature, essay
2009Arménio Vieira (1941 –) poetry, journalism
2010Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016) poetry, short story, essay, art criticism, biography[8]
2011Manuel António Pina (1943–2012)poetry, children's literature, drama, short story, journalism[9]
2012Dalton Trevisan (1925 –) short story, novel
2013Mia Couto (1955 –) [10]
2014Alberto da Costa e Silva (1931–2023) history, poetry, memoirs, essay, biography[11]
2015Hélia Correia (1949 –) [12]
2016Raduan Nassar (1935 –) short story, novel[13]
2017Manuel Alegre (1936 –) poetry, novel[14]
2018Germano Almeida (1945 –) novel[15]
2019Chico Buarque (1944 –)songwriting, novel, drama[16]
2020Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939 –)essay[17]
2021Paulina Chiziane (1955 –)novel[18]
2022Silviano Santiago (1936 –)novel, essay, literary criticism[19]
2023João Barrento (1940 –)translation, essay[20]
2024Adélia Prado (1935 –)poetry[21]

Winners per country

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arquivo de Notícias, na categoria Prémios. 2019-05-22. Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB). DGLAB. Portuguese. 2019-06-22.
  2. Web site: Prêmio Camões de Literatura. 2019. Biblioteca Nacional. Biblioteca Nacional. Portuguese. 2016-06-22.
  3. Encyclopedia: Standish. Peter. Verity Smith. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Prizes. 26 March 1997. Routledge. 978-1-135-31425-5. 1252.
  4. Web site: Decreto n.o 43/88. Diário da República. June 18, 2015. November 11, 1988.
  5. Web site: Decreto n.o 47/99. Diário da República. June 18, 2015. November 5, 1999.
  6. Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Britannica. Rachel de Queiroz. June 18, 2015.
  7. Web site: Luandino Vieira recusa Camões por "razões pessoais". Isabel. Lucas. Diário de Notícias. 2015-06-18. 2006-05-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618122307/http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=641087. 2015-06-18.
  8. Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Britannica. Literature: Year In Review 2010: Portugal. Schiavo. Leda. June 18, 2015.
  9. Web site: Manuel António Pina ganha prémio Camões . Luís Miguel. Queirós. Alexandra Lucas . Coelho. Publico. 2011-05-12. Portuguese. 2011-05-12.
  10. Web site: Mia Couto é o vencedor do Prémio Camões 2013 . Sérgio C.. Andrade . Publico. 2013-05-27. 2013-05-27.
  11. Web site: O Prémio Camões 2014 é o brasileiro Alberto da Costa e Silva . Cláudia Lima. Carvalho . Publico. 2014-05-30. 2014-05-30 . portuguese.
  12. Web site: Hélia Correia é a vencedora do Prémio Camões. Publico. 2015-06-17. 2015-06-18. Luís Miguel. Queirós. Kathleen. Gomes. Isabel. Coutinho. Isabel. Lucas . portuguese.
  13. Web site: Raduan Nassar vence Prémio Camões de 2016. Observador . 2016-05-30. 2016-05-30. Ana Cristina. Marques . portuguese.
  14. Web site: Manuel Alegre é o vencedor do Prémio Camões. Público . 2017-06-08. 2017-06-08. Queirós. Luís Miguel . portuguese.
  15. Web site: Cabo-verdiano Germano Almeida vence Prémio Camões 2018. Observador. 2018-05-21. 2018-05-21. portuguese.
  16. Web site: Chico Buarque é o novo ganhador do prêmio Camões de literatura. Folha de S. Paulo. 2019-05-21. 2019-05-21. Portuguese.
  17. Web site: 2020-10-27. Vítor Aguiar e Silva é o vencedor do Prémio Camões 2020. 2020-10-28. Notícias ao Minuto. pt.
  18. Web site: 2021-10-20. Prêmio Camões vai para escritora moçambicana Paulina Chiziane. 2021-10-20. Folha de São Paulo. pt.
  19. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Prêmio Camões 2022 vai para Silviano Santiago, crítico e autor de 'Machado' . 2022-10-24 . Folha de S.Paulo . pt-BR.
  20. Web site: 2023-10-10 . Ensaísta e tradutor João Barrento vence Prémio Camões 2023 . 2023-10-11 . www.dn.pt . pt-PT.
  21. Web site: 2024-06-26 . Prémio Camões para a poeta brasileira Adélia Prado. 2024-06-26 . www.publico.pt . pt-PT.

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