Estoril Sol once again challenges new writers by relaunching the Revelation Award Agustina Bessa-Luís
Application deadline until May 31
In the name of Portuguese Culture and Letters, Estoril Sol relaunches, this year, the competition for the Agustina Bessa-Luís Revelation Literary Prize, despite the adverse situation facing the country, with an uncertain outcome, The deadline for receiving works originals ends on May 31st.
Estoril Sol thus preserves this relevant cultural initiative, in honor of Agustina Bessa-Luís. This is a unique and irresistible opportunity for anyone who aspires to be a writer. The Jury is chaired by Guilherme D`Oliveira Martins.
With regard to the 16th edition of the Agustina Bessa-Luís Revelation Literary Award, the objective assumed, since its launch, is to favor the emergence of new values. It should be remembered that Estoril Sol abolished, since 2016, the rule that imposed the age limit of 35 years for competitors, which expanded the scope of the competition. However, it remains mandatory for the competing novel to be unpublished, and by a Portuguese author, “without any work published in the genre”.
The winning novel of the Agustina Bessa-Luís Revelation Literary Prize in 2022 was “The Promised War”, by Marco Pacheco. The jury considered it to be “a novel that, starting from the innovative business and social action of Francisco Grandella, builds a family and personal story of great human reach. The transition period from the 19th century to the 20th century until the First World War is signaled by situations of poverty that will determine the evolution of the protagonist”.
The Jury, in addition to Guilherme D`Oliveira Martins, who presides, representing the CNC – Centro Nacional de Cultura, also includes José Manuel Mendes, for the Portuguese Association of Writers, Manuel Frias Martins, for the Portuguese Association of Literary Critics, Maria Carlos Gil Loureiro, for the Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries, Ana Paula Laborinho, Liberto Cruz and José Carlos de Vasconcelos, individually invited, and also Dinis de Abreu, representing Estoril Sol.
With a pecuniary value of 10 thousand euros, the 16th edition of the Agustina Bessa-Luís Revelation Literary Prize, under the terms of the Regulation, will be published by Editora Gradiva, which has maintained a partnership with Estoril Sol since the beginning of this project.
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