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Overview
- The Camões jury announced Lídia Jorge as the 2026 laureate after a virtual meeting on Thursday, July 2, 2026, taking the decision unanimously.
- She will receive €100,000 and a diploma bearing the signatures of the presidents of Brazil and Portugal, with the cash paid via a subsidy from Brazil’s Fundação Biblioteca Nacional and the Portuguese government.
- The jury credited her “prosa poética densa” for confronting Portugal’s dictatorial past, the colonial wars, collective memory and the condition of women, and the panel included José Carlos Seabra Pereira, Ana Mafalda Leite, Lucia Santaella, José Ribamar Bessa Freire, Lopito Feijó and Odete Semedo.
- Brazil’s culture minister Margareth Menezes and Fundação Biblioteca Nacional president Marco Lucchesi publicly praised the choice, and Brazilian publisher Editora Autêntica has reissued recent Jorge titles, boosting her visibility in Brazil.
- Instituted in 1988 by Brazil and Portugal, the Prêmio Camões is the leading lifetime award in the Portuguese language and this recognition is likely to spur renewed readership, translations and scholarly attention to Jorge’s work.