Today in Lisbon, Lula participates in the presentation of the Camões Award to Chico Buarque

247 – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva participates on Monday (24), in Lisbon, in the presentation of the Camões Prize to singer, songwriter and writer Chico Buarque, one of the greatest artists of Brazil and of all Portuguese-speaking countries. The ceremony will take place in Lisbon, in the Throne Room of Queluz Palace.

Established in 1988, the Camões Prize for Literature aims to honor a Portuguese-speaking author who has “contributed to the enrichment of the literary and cultural heritage” of the language through his body of work.

Chico Buarque was announced as the recipient of the award in 2019, but then-President Jair Bolsonaro refused to sign the certificate.

And the Brazilian Minister of Culture, Margaret Menezes, considered that the award ceremony symbolizes the return to democratic values ​​in Brazil, reminding that Chico Buarque is “an artist who has always been involved and put himself in the struggle for democracy.” against dictatorship. , through his business, informs the Losa Agency.

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The editor Clara Cabetão, of the Penguim Random House Portugal group, which edits Chico Buarque’s work, under the seal of Companhia das Letras, also highlights that handing over the prize to the Brazilian writer and musician “after years of waiting, means that Brazil has returned to live a time of democracy and hope.”

Lula arrived in Portugal on Friday (21). On Saturday (22nd), he met with the country’s president, Marcelo Rebelo, and later with Prime Minister Antonio Costa.

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