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{{Short description|Literary award for Lusophone countries}}
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| reward = €100,000
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The '''Camões Prize''' ({{Langx|pt|Prémio Camões}}, {{IPA|pt|ˈpɾɛmju kaˈmõjʃ}}), named after [[Luís de Camões]], is the most prestigious prize for literature in the [[Portuguese-speaking world|Portuguese language]]. The prize was established in 1989 and is supported by the governments of Brazil and Portugal. It is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding body of work written in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. Winners are selected by a jury and have included writers from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Portugal. The monetary award is {{currency|100,000|EUR}}, making it among the [[List of the world's richest literary prizes|richest literary prizes in the world]]. Past winners include [[José Saramago]], [[Eugénio de Andrade]], [[Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]], and [[Chico Buarque]]. 

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1s/1988/11/27700/47474748.pdf|publisher=[[Diário da República]]|title=Decreto n.o 43/88|accessdate=June 18, 2015|date=November 11, 1988}}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1s/1999/11/258A00/76677669.pdf|publisher=[[Diário da República]]|title=Decreto n.o 47/99|accessdate=June 18, 2015|date=November 5, 1999}}</ref>

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.<ref name="refuse" />

==Description==
The Camões Prize is considered the most prestigious literary award in the Portuguese-speaking world.<ref name="brcam">{{cite web |title=Camões Prize for Literature |url=https://antigo.bn.gov.br/en/explore/literary-prizes/camoes-prize-literature |website=Biblioteca Nacional |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="Smith1997">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Standish|first=Peter|editor=Verity Smith|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1252|title=Prizes|date=26 March 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-31425-5|page=1252}}</ref> It is awarded for a body of work that contributes to the dissemination and recognition of Portuguese language.<ref>{{cite web |title=João Barrento wins Camões Prize |url=https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc23/communication/news-item?i=joao-barrento-wins-camoes-prize |website=Portugal.gov |access-date=24 March 2025 |date=10 October 2023}}</ref> It is awarded annually by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ''Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca''<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://dglab.gov.pt/category/premios/
|title=Arquivo de Notícias, na categoria Prémios
|date=2019-05-22
|website=Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB)
|publisher=DGLAB
|language=Portuguese
|access-date=2019-06-22}}</ref> (National Book, Archives and Libraries Department) and the [[Brazil]]ian ''Fundação Biblioteca Nacional''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bn.gov.br/explore/premios-literarios/premio-camoes-literatura
|title=Prêmio Camões de Literatura
|date=2019
|website=Biblioteca Nacional
|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional
|language=Portuguese
|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> (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 {{currency|100,000|EUR}}.

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.<ref name="brcam" />  

== Past winners ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! colspan="2" | Author
! Country
! Genre(s)
! Ref(s)
|-
| 1989
| [[File:Miguel Torga.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Miguel Torga]] (1907–1995)
| {{POR}} 
| [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[novel]], [[drama]], [[memoirs]], [[essay]]
|
|-
| 1990
| <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:João Cabral.jpg|75px|centro]] -->
| [[João Cabral de Melo Neto]] (1920–1999)
| {{BRA}}
| [[poetry]]
|
|-
| 1991
| <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:José Craveirinha.jpg|75px|centro]] -->
| [[José Craveirinha]] (1922–2003) 
| {{MOZ}}
| [[poetry]], [[journalism]]
|
|-
| 1992
| 
| [[Vergílio Ferreira]] (1916–1996)
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[memoirs]], [[essay]]
|
|-
| 1993
| [[File:Estatua de Rachel de Queiroz.JPG|75px|centro]]
| [[Rachel de Queiroz]] (1910–2003)
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[translation]], [[journalism]], [[drama]], [[memoirs]], [[children's literature]]
| <ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Rachel-de-Queiroz#ref828727|title=Rachel de Queiroz|accessdate=June 18, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| [[File:Jorge Amado.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Jorge Amado]] (1912–2001)
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[poetry]], [[children's literature]], [[biography]], [[journalism]]
|
|-
| 1995
| [[File:JSJoseSaramago.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[José Saramago]] (1922–2010)
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[drama]], [[poetry]], [[memoirs]], [[journalism]], [[children's literature]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[File:Eduardo Lourenço.png|75px|centro]]
| [[Eduardo Lourenço]] (1923–2020)
| {{POR}}
| [[philosophy]], [[literary criticism]], [[essay]]
|
|-
| 1997
| [[File:Arthur Pestana (Pepetela).jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Pepetela|"Pepetela"-Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos]] (1941 – )
| {{ANG}}
| [[novel]], [[drama]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[File:AntonioCandido.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Antonio Candido|António Cândido de Mello e Sousa]] (1918–2017)
| {{BRA}}
| [[literary criticism]], [[literary theory]], [[essay]], [[poetry]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[File:Jardim Botanico do Porto-Sophia.JPG|75px|centro]]
| [[Sophia de Mello Breyner]] (1919–2004)
| {{POR}}
| [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[drama]], [[children's literature]], [[translation]], [[essay]]
|
|-
| 2000
| 
| [[Autran Dourado]] (1926–2012)
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[essay]], [[memoirs]]
|
|-
| 2001
| [[File:Eugénio de Andrade.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Eugénio de Andrade]] (1923–2005)
| {{POR}}
| [[poetry]], [[children's literature]], [[translation]], [[short story]]
|
|-
| 2002
| [[File:Maria Velho da Costa (cropped).png|75px|centro]]
| [[Maria Velho da Costa]] (1938–2020)
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[drama]], [[essay]], [[screenplay]]
|
|-
| 2003
| 
| [[Rubem Fonseca]] (1925–2020) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[screenplay]]
|
|-
| 2004
| 
| [[Agustina Bessa-Luís]] (1922–2019)
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[drama]], [[essay]], [[children's literature]], [[biography]], [[memoirs]]
|
|-
| 2005
| [[File:Lygia Fagundes Telles.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Lygia Fagundes Telles]] (1918 – 2022)
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]]
|
|-
| 2006
| 
| [[José Luandino Vieira]] (1935 – ) – '''refused'''
|{{POR}} / {{ANG}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[journalism]], [[children's literature]], [[translation]]
|<ref name="refuse">{{cite web| title = Luandino Vieira recusa Camões por "razões pessoais"| first = Isabel| last = Lucas| publisher = Diário de Notícias| url = https://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=641087| accessdate = 2015-06-18| date = 2006-05-25| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150618122307/http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=641087| archivedate = 2015-06-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| [[File:António Lobo Antunes.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[António Lobo Antunes]] (1942 – )
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]]
|
|-
| 2008
| [[File:Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[João Ubaldo Ribeiro]] (1941–2014) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[journalism]], [[children's literature]], [[essay]]
|
|-
| 2009
| [[File:Conde.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Arménio Vieira]] (1941 – ) 
| {{CPV}}
| [[poetry]], [[journalism]]
|
|-
| 2010
| [[File:Ferreira Gullar crop.png|75px|centro]]
| [[Ferreira Gullar]] (1930–2016) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[essay]], [[art criticism]], [[biography]]
| <ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/art/literature-Year-In-Review-2010/Portuguese#toc298360|title=Literature: Year In Review 2010: Portugal|last=Schiavo|first=Leda|accessdate=June 18, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
|
| [[Manuel António Pina]] (1943–2012)
| {{POR}}
| [[poetry]], [[children's literature]], [[drama]], [[short story]], [[journalism]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/manuel-antonio-pina-ganha-premio-camoes-1493865|first1=Luís Miguel|last1=Queirós|first2=Alexandra Lucas |last2=Coelho|title=Manuel António Pina ganha prémio Camões |publisher=Publico|date=2011-05-12|language=Portuguese| accessdate=2011-05-12}}</ref> 
|-
| 2012
| 
| [[Dalton Trevisan]] (1925–2024) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[short story]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-22 |title=Literature: Brazilian author Dalton Trevisan awarded 'Camões Prize' – Portugal |url=https://portuguese-american-journal.com/literature-brazilian-author-dalton-trevsian-awardedcamoesprize-2012-portugal/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Portuguese American Journal |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [[File:Mia Couto cropped.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Mia Couto]] (1955 – ) 
| {{MOZ}}
| [[novel]], [[short story]], [[poetry]] 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/cultura/noticia/xxxxxx-premio-camoes-foi-para-o-escritor-1595653|first=Sérgio C.|last=Andrade |title=Mia Couto é o vencedor do Prémio Camões 2013 |publisher=Publico|date=2013-05-27|accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| 
| [[Alberto da Costa e Silva]] (1931–2023) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[history]], [[poetry]], [[memoirs]], [[essay]], [[biography]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/cultura/noticia/o-premio-camoes-2014-vai-este-ano-para-1638103|first=Cláudia Lima|last=Carvalho |title=O Prémio Camões 2014 é o brasileiro Alberto da Costa e Silva  |publisher=Publico|date=2014-05-30|accessdate=2014-05-30 |language=portuguese}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| 
| [[Hélia Correia]] (1949 – ) 
| {{POR}}
| [[novel]], [[children's literature]], [[drama]], [[poetry]] 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/helia-correia-e-a-vencedora-do-premio-camoes-1699305 |title=Hélia Correia é a vencedora do Prémio Camões|publisher=Publico|date=2015-06-17|accessdate=2015-06-18|first1=Luís Miguel|last1=  Queirós|first2=Kathleen|last2=Gomes|first3=Isabel|last3=Coutinho|first4=Isabel|last4=Lucas |language=portuguese}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| [[File:RaduanNassar.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Raduan Nassar]] (1935 – ) 
| {{BRA}}
| [[short story]], [[novel]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observador.pt/2016/05/30/raduan-nassar-vence-premio-camoes-de-2016/ |title=Raduan Nassar vence Prémio Camões de 2016|publisher=Observador |date=2016-05-30|accessdate=2016-05-30|first1=Ana Cristina|last1=Marques |language=portuguese}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[File:Manuel Alegre.png|75px|centro]]
| [[Manuel Alegre]] (1936 – ) 
| {{POR}}
| [[poetry]], [[novel]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/08/culturaipsilon/noticia/-e-o-vencedor-do-premio-camoes-1775076 |title=Manuel Alegre é o vencedor do Prémio Camões|publisher=Público |date=2017-06-08|accessdate=2017-06-08|first1=Queirós|last1=Luís Miguel |language=portuguese}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| [[File:Germano_Almeida.jpg|75px|centro]]
| [[Germano Almeida]] (1945 – ) 
| {{CPV}}
| [[novel]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2018/05/21/cabo-verdiano-germano-almeida-vence-premio-camoes-2018/ |title=Cabo-verdiano Germano Almeida vence Prémio Camões 2018|publisher=Observador|date=2018-05-21|accessdate=2018-05-21|language=portuguese}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Chico Buarque no BRAVO.jpg|75px|centro]]
|[[Chico Buarque]] (1944 – )
|{{BRA}}
|[[songwriting]], [[novel]], [[drama]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2019/05/chico-buarque-e-o-novo-ganhador-do-premio-camoes.shtml|title=Chico Buarque é o novo ganhador do prêmio Camões de literatura|publisher=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|date=2019-05-21|accessdate=2019-05-21|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|
|[[Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva]] (1939 –)
|{{PRT}}
|[[essay]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-27|title=Vítor Aguiar e Silva é o vencedor do Prémio Camões 2020|url=https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/cultura/1614218/vitor-aguiar-e-silva-e-o-vencedor-do-premio-camoes-2020|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Notícias ao Minuto|language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[File:Paulina_Chiziane_by_Otávio_de_Souza.jpg|75px]]
|[[Paulina Chiziane]] (1955 –)
|{{MOZ}}
|[[novel]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-20|title=Prêmio Camões vai para escritora moçambicana Paulina Chiziane|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2021/10/premio-camoes-vai-para-autora-mocambicana-paulina-chiziane.shtml|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Folha de São Paulo|language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[File:Silviano Santiago, Ganador del Premio José Donoso 2014.jpg|75px]]
|[[Silviano Santiago]] (1936 –)
|{{BRA}}
|[[novel]], [[essay]], [[literary criticism]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-24 |title=Prêmio Camões 2022 vai para Silviano Santiago, crítico e autor de 'Machado' |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2022/10/premio-camoes-2022-vai-para-silviano-santiago-critico-e-autor-de-machado.shtml |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|
|[[João Barrento (translator)|João Barrento]] (1940 –)
|{{PRT}} 
|[[translation]], [[essay]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Ensaísta e tradutor João Barrento vence Prémio Camões 2023 |url=https://www.dn.pt/cultura/ensaista-e-tradutor-joao-barrento-vence-premio-camoes-2023-17146026.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=www.dn.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|
|[[Adélia Prado]] (1935 –)
|{{BRA}} 
|[[poetry]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Prémio Camões para a poeta brasileira Adélia Prado|url=https://www.publico.pt/2024/06/26/culturaipsilon/noticia/premio-camoes-poeta-brasileira-adelia-prado-2095336 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.publico.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|
|[[Ana Paula Tavares]] (1952-(
|{{ANG}}
|[[poetry]]
|<ref>[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/| website= Veja online|language=pt-BR]</ref>
|}

== Winners per country ==
* {{BRA}} – 15
* {{PRT}} – 14
* {{MOZ}} – 3
* {{ANG}} – 3
* {{CPV}} – 2

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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