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Agualusa wins the Manuel de Boaventura Prize from the Esposende City Council

The municipality announced that the jury unanimously awarded the prize to the novel ‘Mestre dos Batuques’, noting it as a work of “evident literary maturity”.

The novel is highlighted for its “highly refined expressive and stylistic virtuosity serving an original and sufficiently provocative imagination to address fundamental issues, particularly the relationship between history and fiction against the backdrop of the Portuguese colonial process and beyond”.

The jury also emphasized “the intertextual richness of the novel, indicative of its remarkable literary density”.

They expressed satisfaction with the “high number” of entries (201) from various Portuguese-speaking countries.

The prize aims to honor and promote Manuel de Boaventura, a writer and man of culture from Vila Chã, Esposende.

This biennial award, valued at 7,500 euros, recognizes narrative creation in novels or short stories by Portuguese-speaking authors.

In the first edition in 2017, Ana Margarida de Carvalho won with her work ‘Não se pode morar nos olhos de um gato’.

In 2019, the award was given to Filipa Martins for her book ‘Na Memória dos Rouxinóis’.

In 2021, Mia Couto received the prize with ‘O Mapeador de Ausências’, and in 2023, Giovana Madalosso and Rui Couceiro shared the award.

Additionally, the Esposende City Council will invest 2.1 million euros in creating the Casa-Museu Manuel de Boaventura to enhance the legacy of this figure in Portuguese popular literature and the cultural identity of the municipality.

The facility will be established at Casa de Susão, in Palmeira de Faro, where the writer lived for approximately 70 years.

The project plans a complete rehabilitation of the 19th-century Casa do Suão, maintaining its original features, including the threshing floor and granary.

There will also be a museum space on the ground floor, a 40-seat multipurpose auditorium, educational service areas, technical support, parking, and renovated outdoor spaces.

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