The Prêmio Machado de Assis (the Machado de Assis Prize) is a

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Man ...

awarded by the

Brazilian Academy of Letters The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL; English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tuesday, ...

, and possibly the most prestigious literary award in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. The prize was founded in 1941, named in memory of the novelist

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian people, Brazilian novelist, poet, playwr ...

(1839–1908). It is awarded in recognition of a lifetime's work.

Winners

* 2021 - Ruy Castro * 2017 - João José Reis * 2016 - Ignácio de Loyola Brandão * 2015 -

Rubem Fonseca Rubem Fonseca (May 11, 1925 – April 15, 2020) was a Brazilian writer. Life and career He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, but he lived most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career as a low-level cop ...

* 2014 - Vamireh Chacon * 2013 - Silviano Santiago * 2012 - Dalton Trevisan * 2011 - Carlos Guilherme Mota * 2010 - Benedito Nunes * 2009 - Salim Miguel * 2008 - Autran Dourado * 2007 - Roberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque * 2006 -

César Leal Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar River, in Colombia * Cesar ...

* 2005 -

Ferreira Gullar José Ribamar Ferreira (September 10, 1930 – December 4, 2016), known by his pen name Ferreira Gullar, was a Brazilian poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and television writer. In 1959, he was instrumental in the formation of the Neo-Conc ...

* 2004 - Francisco de Assis Brasil * 2003 - Antonio Carlos Villaça * 2002 - Wilson Martins * 2001 – Ana Maria Machado * 2000 – Antônio Torres * 1999 – Fernando Sabino * 1998 – Joel Silveira * 1997 – J.J. Veiga * 1996 –

Carlos Heitor Cony Carlos Heitor Cony (March 14, 1926 – January 5, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese: Academia Brasileira de Letras). Cony viewed himself as center-leftist and faced pers ...

* 1995 – Leodegário A. de Azevedo Filho * 1994 –

Antônio Olinto Antônio Olinto Marques da Rocha (Ubá, MG - May 10, 1919 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ - September 12, 2009) was a Brazilian writer, essayist and translator. Among his work are included poetry, novels, literary criticism, political analysis, child ...

* 1993 –

Antonio Candido Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic. As a critic of Brazilian literature, he is regarded as having been one of the foremost scholars on the subject ...

* 1992 – Fausto Cunha * 1991 – Maria Clara Machado * 1990 – Sábato Magaldi * 1989 – Gilberto Mendonça Teles * 1988 –

Dante Milano Dante Milano (June 16, 1899 – April 15, 1991) was a Brazilian poet associated with modernism. Life and works He was born in Rio de Janeiro to Italian immigrants. He had his first poem published in 1920 when he was working as an accountant. ...

* 1987 – Nilo Pereira * 1986 – Péricles Eugênio da Silva Ramos * 1985 – Thales de Azevedo * 1984 – Henriqueta Lisboa * 1983 –

Paulo Rónai Paulo Rónai (; 13 April 1907 - 1 December 1992) was a Hungary, Hungarian-Brazilian translator, philologist, and critic. Biography Rónai Pál was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest into a Jewish family. He completed his primary studies i ...

* 1982 – Franklin de Oliveira * 1981 – Ayres da Matta Machado Filho * 1980 – Mário Quintana * 1979 – Gilka Machado * 1978 – Carolina Nabuco * 1977 –

Raul Bopp Raul Bopp (4 August 18982 June 1984) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat. He did diplomatic work in Japan and was a friend of Oswald de Andrade. Hence his '' Cobra Norato'' is an example of work based in the Manifesto Antropófago.

* 1976 – Mario da Silva Brito * 1975 –

Hermes Lima Hermes Lima (; 22 December 1902 – 10 October 1978) was a Brazilian politician who was the prime minister of Brazil, jurist, and winner of the 1975 Prêmio Machado de Assis. Political career He originally became an elected federal deputy of ...

* 1974 – Waldemar Cavalcanti * 1973 – Andrade Murici * 1972 – Dalcídio Jurandir * 1971 – Murillo Araujo * 1970 –

Otávio de Faria Otávio de Faria (October 15, 1908 – October 17, 1980) was a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters on January 13, 1972. He was most noted as author of the monumental testimonial (and prophe ...

* 1969 – Edilson Carneiro * 1968 – Oscar Mendes * 1967 – Adelino Magalhães * 1966 –

Lúcio Cardoso Joaquim Lúcio Cardoso Filho, known as Lúcio Cardoso (August 14, 1912 – September 22, 1968), was a Brazilian novelist, playwright, and poet. Biography The son of an impoverished but prominent family in Curvelo, Minas Gerais, Lúcio Cardoso was ...

* 1965 – Cecília Meireles * 1964 – Joracy Camargo * 1963 –

Gilberto Freyre Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th cen ...

* 1962 – Antenor Nascentes * 1961 –

João Guimarães Rosa João Guimarães Rosa (; 27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat. Rosa only wrote one novel, '' Grande Sertão: Veredas'' (known in English as ''The Devil to Pay in the Backlands''), a ...

* 1960 – not awarded * 1959 – José Maria Belo * 1958 – Rachel de Queiroz * 1957 – Tasso da Silveira * 1956 – Luiz da Câmara Cascudo * 1955 – Onestaldo Penafort * 1954 – Dinah Silveira de Queiroz * 1953 –

Érico Veríssimo Érico Lopes Verissimo (December 17, 1905 – November 28, 1975) was an important Brazilian writer, born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Biography Érico Verissimo was the son of Sebastião Verissimo da Fonseca and Abegahy Lopes Verissimo. Hi ...

* 1952 – Antonio da Silva Melo * 1951 – Padre Augusto Magne * 1950 – Eugênio Gomes * 1949 – not awarded * 1948 – Augusto Meyer * 1947 – Padre Leonel Franca * 1946 – Tobias Monteiro * 1945 – Osório Dutra * 1944 – not awarded * 1943 – Sousa da Silveira * 1942 – Afonso Schmidt * 1941 – Tetra de Teffé

References

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