Prêmio Machado de Assis
The Prêmio Machado de Assis is the most important Brazilian Literature Prize, which is awarded annually since 1941 by the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Rio de Janeiro, to Brazilian writer for her life's work.
The honorees will receive in addition to the prize money from the current R $ 100,000 and a document also since 1998, a situation created by sculptor Mário Agostinelli bust, Machado de Assis, the most important writers of Brazil shows.
Winners 2011 is the historian Carlos Guilherme Mota.
Award winners
1941 - 1960
1961 - 1980
1981 - 2000
2001 - 2020
- 2001 - Ana Maria Machado
- 2002 - Wilson Martins
- 2003 - Antonio Carlos Villaca
- 2004 - Francisco de Assis Brasil
- 2005 - Ferreira Gullar
- 2006 - César Leal
- 2007 - Roberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
- 2008 - Autran Dourado
- 2009 - Salim Miguel
- 2010 - Benedito Nunes
- 2011 - Carlos Guilherme Mota
- 2012 - Dalton Trevisan
- 2013 - Silviano Santiago