The Pessoa Prize ( pt, Prémio Pessoa, ), named after

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and ...

, is recognized as the most important

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in the area of

Portuguese culture The culture of Portugal is a very rich result of a complex flow of many different civilizations during the past millennia. From prehistoric cultures, to its Pre-Roman civilizations (such as the Lusitanians, the Gallaeci, the Celtici, and the C ...

. Created in 1987 by the newspaper ''Expresso'' and the IT company

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, since 2008 the prize has been sponsored by

Caixa Geral de Depósitos Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) () is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation, and the largest bank in Portugal, established in Lisbon in 1876. CGD now has presence in 23 countries spanning four continents through branches, representative ...

. 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 José João da Conceição Gonçalves Mattoso (born at Leiria, January 23, 1933) is a Portuguese medievalist and university professor. Mattoso earned his doctoral degree in medieval history from the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium, in 1 ...

, historian * 1988 – António Ramos Rosa, poet * 1989 –

Maria João Pires Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Early life and education Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...

, pianist * 1990 –

Menez Menez or ''Ménez'' is a surname, and may refer to; Menez means mount or mountain in Breton. * Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca a.k.a. Menez - Portuguese painter * Jérémy Ménez - French international footballer * André Menez - French biologis ...

, painter * 1991 – Cláudio Torres, archaeologist * 1992 –

António Damásio Antonio Damasio ( pt, António Damásio) is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, ...

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 José Cardoso (2October 192526October 1998) was a Portuguese author of short stories, novels, plays, and political satire. Life and career Early life Pires was born in the Portuguese village of São João do Peso, which is within the district ...

, writer * 1998 –

Eduardo Souto de Moura Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura (; born 25 July 1952), better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, is a Portuguese architect who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2011 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013. Along with Ferna ...

, 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, scientist (medicine) * 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 Flunser Pimentel, historian * 2008 – Carrilho da Graça, architect * 2009 –

Manuel Clemente Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC (; born 16 July 1948), officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon since 18 May 2013 and a cardinal since 14 February ...

, Catholic Church prelate * 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 * 2013 – Maria Manuel Mota, scientist (biomedicine) * 2014 – Henrique Leitão, Physicist, Professor and researcher in the field of History of Sciences * 2015 – Rui Chafes, sculptor * 2016 – Frederico Lourenço, writer and translator * 2017 – Manuel Aires Mateus, architect * 2018 – Miguel Bastos Araújo, scientist (biogeographer) * 2019 – Tiago Rodrigues, theatre director * 2020 –

Elvira Fortunato Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato (born 22 July 1964) is a Portuguese scientist and minister of science and technology. She is a professor in the Department of Materials Science at the NOVA School of Science and Technology and vice-rector of the ...

, scientist (engineering) * 2021 - Tiago Pitta e Cunha, jurist specialized in ocean issues

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Prémio Pessoa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pessoa Prize Awards established in 1987 Portuguese awards Fernando Pessoa

List of prize winners

See also

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