= winner.
2008 São Paulo Prize for Literature The initial jury for the inaugural year of the São Paulo Prize for Literature reviewed 146 novels submitted by 55 publishers and 19 independent authors. The initial jury selected five finalists for each category, after which the final jury selected one winner from each category. The awards ceremony took place on 1 December 2008, and the presenter was the
MTV VJ Cazé Peçanha. All entries were first published in Brazil in 2007.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year •
Cristóvão Tezza,
O Filho Eterno (English translation:
The Eternal Son), Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2007. •
Initial Jury: Ivana Arruda Leite,
Marcia Elisa Garcia de Grandi,
Marcia Tiburi,
Paula Fábrio,
Evandro Affonso Ferreira,
Horácio Costa,
Michel Sleiman,
Cláudio Daniel,
Julio Cesar Pimentel Pinto Filho, and
Marcelino Freire (an increase of 48% over the previous year). From those submissions, the initial jury selected ten finalists for each category (an increase from five the previous year), which were announced on 30 May 2009, at the Second Festival da Mantiqueira.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year •
Ronaldo Correia de Brito,
Galiléia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Objetiva, 2008.
2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature The list of ten finalists for each category chosen by the initial jury for the 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature was officially announced at the Festival da Mantiqueira in
São Francisco Xavier, São Paulo on 29 May 2010 by Governor
Alberto Goldman. The finalists included Bernardo Carvalho, who made his second appearance, having previously made the list in 2008, and Ivana Arruda Leite, who had served on the initial jury for the 2008 prize. There were originally 217 entries under consideration by the initial jury. All entries were first published in Brazil in 2009. The winners selected by the final jury were granted their awards by the Secretary of Culture of the State of São Paulo,
Andrea Matarazzo, on behalf of the Governor of São Paulo, on 2 August 2010 at a ceremony at the
Museum of the Portuguese Language. The list of ten finalists for each category was officially announced at the 4th Festival da Mantiqueira in São Francisco Xavier on 28 May 2011. Included among the finalists were Evandro Affonso Ferreira, who had been on the initial jury for the 2008 prize, Menalton Braff, who had been a finalist for the 2008 prize and on the initial jury for the 2009 prize, and Carola Saavedra, who had been a finalist in 2009. The winners selected by the final jury were announced on 1 August 2011 at a ceremony at the
Museum of the Portuguese Language. All entries were first published in Brazil in 2010.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year •
Adriana Lisboa,
Azul-corvo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Rocco, 2010. •
Carola Saavedra,
Paisagem com Dromedário, São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras, 2010. •
Evandro Affonso Ferreira,
Minha Mãe se Matou sem Dizer Adeus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2010. . •
Joca Reiners Terron,
Do Fundo do Poço se Vê a Lua, São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras, 2010. •
Menalton Braff,
Bolero de Ravel, São Paulo, SP: Global, 2010. •
Miguel Sanches Neto,
Chá das Cinco com o Vampiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Objetiva, 2010. •
Nelson de Oliveira,
Poeira: Demônios e Maldições, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Língua Geral, 2010. •
Ronaldo Wrobel,
Traduzindo Hannah, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2010. •
Sérgio Mudado,
Os Negócios Extraordinários de um certo Juca PeraltaBelo Horizonte, MG: Crisálida, 2010.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year – Debut Author Included among the finalists was the reappearance of Tatiana Salem Levy, who had won the 2008 São Paulo Prize for Literature for debut authors, Luiz Ruffato who had been a finalist for the 2010 main prize, and Hélio Pólvora who had been a finalist for the 2011 debut author prize.
Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós died in January 2012, but was still made a finalist and allowed to compete posthumously. The winners selected by the final jury were announced by Governor
Geraldo Alckmin on 24 September 2012 at the
Museum of the Portuguese Language. All entries were first published in Brazil in 2011.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year •
Adriana Lunardi,
A Vendedora de Fósforos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Rocco, 2011. •
Domingos Pellegrini,
Herança de Maria, São Paulo, SP: Leya, 2011. •
Hélio Pólvora,
Don Solidon, Casarão do Verbo, 2011. •
Luiz Ruffato,
Domingos sem Deus, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2011. •
Luiz Vilela,
Perdição, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2011. •
Michel Laub,
Diário da Queda, São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras, 2011. •
Paulo Scott,
Habitante Irreal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Alfaguara, 2011. •
Silvio Lancellotti,
Em Nome do Pai dos Burros, São Paulo, SP: Global, 2011. •
Tatiana Salem Levy,
Dois Rios, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Editora Record, 2011.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year – Debut Author •
Final Jury: Helena Bonito Couto Pereira (professor and member of the 2011 initial jury),
Fernando Augusto Magalhães Paixão (author, professor, and member of the 2009 initial jury),
Lucio Claudio Zaccara (bookseller),
Fábio Lucas Gomes (literary critic), and
Djair Rodrigues de Souza (librarian). An author who has previously published books in another genre is still considered a debut author if the book under consideration is his or her first novel. Out of 187 entries, 168 were found eligible to be considered in the competition, of which 80 were by established authors, 38 were by debut authors aged 40 and under, and 50 were by debut authors over 40. The 20 finalists were then announced on Thursday, 10 October 2013, with four finalists in the Debut Authors 40 and Under category, six finalists in the Debut Authors Over 40 category, and ten finalists in the main category for the Best Book of the Year. The winners were announced at the Museum of the Portuguese Language on 25 November 2013, however, Daniel Galera, the winner of the Best Book of the Year award and R$200,000 was unable to attend the ceremony because he was traveling for work. At the ceremony, Paula Fábrio, the winner of the Best Book of the Year by Debut Authors Over 40, commented on how this year's prize reflects a movement in the Brazilian market, with small publishing houses producing quality novels that are being missed by the larger publishers. Both novels by the winners of the debut author prizes were published by smaller publishers, with initial runs of only 500 copies each. and on 15 May 2014, the board of trustees and the initial jury for the 2014 prize were announced. The group included university professors, librarians, publishers, authors, and a biologist. On 19 August 2014, the names of the 20 finalists were announced. The finalists were chosen from 169 books that had been entered for consideration, of which 153 were accepted for the competition.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year •
Ana Luisa Escorel,
Anel de vidro, Ouro sobre azul, 2013. •
Adriana Lisboa,
Hanói, Alfaguara/Objetiva, 2013. •
Alberto Martins,
Lívia e o cemitério africano, Editora 34, 2013. •
Bernardo Carvalho,
Reprodução, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Carlos de Brito e Mello,
A cidade, o inquisidor e os ordinários, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Joca Reiners Terron,
A tristeza extraordinária do leopardo-das-neves, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Marco Lucchesi,
O bibliotecário do imperador, Globo Livros, 2013. •
Michel Laub,
A maçã envenenada, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Rodrigo Lacerda,
Carlos Lacerda – A República das abelhas, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Sérgio Rodrigues,
O drible, Companhia das Letras, 2013.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year – Debut Authors Over 40 •
Verônica Stigger,
Opisanie Swiata, Cosac Naify, 2013. •
Amilcar Bettega,
Barreira, Companhia das Letras, 2013. •
Cadão Volpato,
Pessoas que passam pelos sonhos, Cosac Naify, 2013. •
Marcelino Freire,
Nossos ossos, Record, 2013. •
Flavio Cafiero,
O frio aqui fora, Cosac Naify, 2013. •
João Anzanello Carrascoza,
Aos 7 e aos 40, Cosac Naify, 2013. •
Rogerio Pereira,
Na Escuridão, amanhã, Cosac Naify, 2013.
Shortlist for Best Book of the Year – Debut Authors Under 40 •
Marcos Peres,
O evangelho segundo Hitler, Record, 2013. •
Ieda Magri,
Olhos de bicho, Rocco, 2013. •
Laura Erber,
Esquilos de Pavlov, Alfaguara/Objetiva, 2013.
Prize Administrators •
Board of Trustees: Andrea Saad Hossne,
José Castilho Marques Neto,
Ligia Fonseca Ferreira,
Márcia Elísa Garcia de Grandi, and
Maria de Lourdes Ortiz Gandini Baldan •
Initial Jury: Jefferson Agostini Mello,
Jiro Takahashi,
Manuel da Costa Pinto,
Margaret Alves Antunes,
Maria Antonia Pavan de Santa Cruz,
Maria Celeste de Souza,
Mirhiane Mendes de Abreu,
Paloma Vidal,
Ricardo Ramos Filho, and
Sandra Regina Ferro Espilotro. •
Final Jury: Carlo Carrenho,
Ivan Marques,
Maria Rita Palmeira, and
Rubens Figueiredo ==See also==