Awards
An award-winning author in Brazil and abroad, Moacyr Scliar has received wide recognition for several of his famous works. Check out a timeline of the distinctions he has received below, including three Jabuti awards and one Casa de Las Américas award.
Minas Gerais Academy of Letters Award
The Carnival of the Animals
Joaquim Manoel de Macedo Award (State of Rio de Janeiro Government)
The One-Man Army
Escrita Magazine Award
The Ballad of the False Messiah and Stories of the Tremulous Earth
City of Porto Alegre Award
Short story: “A Porto Alegre Story”
Erico Verissimo Award
Brasília Award (Cultural Foundation of the Federal District)
Mad Dog Month
Guimarães Rosa Award (State of Minas Gerais Government)
Doctor Mirage
São Paulo Association of Art Critics (APCA)
The Centaur in the Garden, in the “Novel” category
Jabuti Award
The Enigmatic Eye
São Paulo Association of Art Critics (APCA)
The Enigmatic Eye, in the “Literature” category
Casa de las Americas Award
The Enigmatic Eye
PEN Club of Brazil Award
Jabuti Award
Tropical dreams, in the “Novel” category
The Açorianos Prize (Porto Alegre City Council)
The majesty of the Xingu
José Lins do Rego Award (Brazilian Academy of Letters)
The majesty of the Xingu
Troféu Destaque Mario Quintana (Porto Alegre City Council)
Jabuti Award
The woman who wrote the Bible, in the “Novel” category
The Açorianos Prize (Porto Alegre City Council)
The imagery of everyday life
Jabuti Award
Manual of the solitary passion, in the “Novel” and “Fiction of the Year” categories
