Pessoa Prize
The Pessoa Prize (Portuguese: Prémio Pessoa, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌpɾɛmju pɨˈsoɐ]), named after Fernando Pessoa, is recognized as the most important award in the area of Portuguese culture.[1] Instituted in 1987 by the newspaper Expresso and the IT company Unisys, since 2008 the prize has been sponsored by Caixa Geral de Depósitos. It is granted annually to the Portuguese person who during this period, and in the course of previous activity, has distinguished him or herself as a figure in scientific, artistic, or literary life.
List of prize winners
- 1987 José Mattoso, historian
- 1988 António Ramos Rosa, poet
- 1989 Maria João Pires, pianist
- 1990 Menez, painter
- 1991 Cláudio Torres, archaeologist
- 1992 António Damásio and Hanna Damásio, neurophysiologists
- 1993 Fernando Gil, philosopher and poet
- 1994 Herberto Helder, poet - refused the award
- 1995 Vasco Graça Moura, essayist
- 1996 João Lobo Antunes, neurosurgeon
- 1997 José Cardoso Pires, writer
- 1998 Eduardo Souto de Moura, architect
- 1999 Manuel Alegre, poet, and José Manuel Rodrigues, photographer
- 2000 Emmanuel Nunes, composer
- 2001 João Bénard da Costa, president of the Cinemateca Portuguesa—Museu do Cinema, and a film historian
- 2002 Manuel Sobrinho Simões, researcher
- 2003 José Gomes Canotilho, constitutionalist
- 2004 Mário Cláudio, writer
- 2005 Luís Miguel Cintra, actor and set designer
- 2006 António Câmara, professor and founder of the YDreams IT firm
- 2007 Irene Pimentel, historian
- 2008 Carrilho da Graça, architect
- 2009 Manuel Clemente, bishop of Porto
- 2010 Maria do Carmo Fonseca, scientist and Professor of the School of Medicine of Santa Maria
- 2011 Eduardo Lourenço, essayist
- 2012 Richard Zenith, writer and translator
- This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.
References
- ^ "Prémio Pessoa" (in Portuguese). Infopédia online, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
