Prémio Leya

The Prémio Leya is a Portuguese literary award established in 2008 and awarded annually by the Portuguese book publishing company Leya to an unpublished Portuguese-language novel. The winner receives €100,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

Winners

• 2008: In the first edition of the prize, the winner was Brazilian Murilo Antônio de Carvalho, for O Rastro do Jaguar.^[1] The juri was presided by Manuel Alegre and included José Carlos Seabra Pereira and Nuno Júdice, from Portugal; Lourenço Rosário, from Mozambique; Pepetela, from Angola; and Rita Chaves and Carlos Heitor Cony, from Brazil.
• 2009: The Leya Prize was awarded to João Paulo Borges Coelho, a Mozambican historian and writer.
• 2010: Not assigned
• 2011: The Leya Prize was awarded to João Ricardo Pedro, from (Portugal), with the book O teu rosto será o último.
• 2012: Debaixo de algum céu, from Nuno Camarneiro (Portugal), was the winner. ^[2]
• 2013: Uma Outra Voz, from Gabriela Ruivo Trindade. ^[3]
• 2014: O Meu Irmão, from Afonso Reis Cabral.

References

1. "Brasileiro Murilo Antonio Carvalho ganha Prêmio Leya de Literatura" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
2. "Nuno Camarneiro vence Prémio LeYa" (in Portuguese). JL, Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
3. "Gabriela Ruivo Trindade vence Prémio LeYa" (in Portuguese). Leya News. Retrieved 27 October 2013.