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Camões Prize
Literary award for Lusophone countries / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Camões Prize (Portuguese: Prémio Camões, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾɛmju kaˈmõjʃ]), 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 €100,000, making it among the richest literary prizes in the world.
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Camões Prize Prémio Camões | |
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Country | Lusophone countries |
Presented by | Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Biblioteca (Portugal) and Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (Brazil) |
Reward(s) | €100,000 |
First awarded | 1989 |
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