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Reuters
Reuters
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira

Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary award...four years late

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presents the Camoes Award to Brazilian singer and writer Chico Buarque, next to President of the Jury Manuel Frias and Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in Lisbon, Portugal April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Rodrigo Antunes

Brazilian writer and musician Chico Buarque received on Monday the most prestigious literary award for Portuguese-language, with the ceremony happening four years after he won it due to an impasse caused by former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Buarque was awarded in 2019 the Camoes Prize, which every year recognises an author from a Portuguese-speaking nation. It was previously given to writers such as Portugal's Jose Saramago and Mozambique's Paulina Chiziane.

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