Manuel António Pina
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Manuel António Pina ComIH (18 November 1943 – 19 October 2012) was a Portuguese journalist and writer. In 2011 he was awarded the Prémio Camões, the most important literary award in the
Portuguese language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomà ...
. Pina was born in
Sabugal Sabugal () is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544, in an area of 822.70 km2. The city proper, located along the Côa river, has ...
, and died, aged 68, in
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Awards

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Camões Prize The Camões Prize (, ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most prestigious prize for literature in the Portuguese language. The prize was established in 1989 and is supported by the governments of Brazil and Portugal. It is awarded annually to ...
2011


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pina, Manuel Antonio 1943 births 2012 deaths Portuguese journalists Portuguese male journalists Portuguese male writers People from Sabugal University of Coimbra alumni Camões Prize winners