Prêmio Machado de Assis | |
Awarded For: | Best literary talent from a brazilian writer |
Date: | 1941 |
Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
The Prêmio Machado de Assis (the Machado de Assis Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and possibly the most prestigious literary award in Brazil. The prize was founded in 1941, named in memory of the novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908). It is awarded in recognition of a lifetime's work.