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Brazil’s 2026 Jabuti Prize ceremony names winners across 23 categories
The 68th Jabuti Prize ceremony is taking place in São Paulo on Tuesday, with winners being announced across 23 categories.
Five books are finalists in each category, including works by novelists Itamar Vieira Junior, Milton Hatoum, Aline Bei and Adélia Prado.
A 78-person jury selects the winners, except in a new category for digital culture and reading promotion, decided by 12 jurors and a public vote.
The new award recognizes influencers who promote books and reading on social media.
The book of the year winner receives R$70,000, while winners in other categories receive R$5,000 each.
The prize also honors veteran children’s author Lygia Bojunga, and the ceremony is announcing the winners.
The 68th Jabuti Prize ceremony took place on October 27, 2026, at Sala São Paulo in the city of São Paulo.
Five finalists competed in each of the prize’s 23 categories.
A jury of 78 people selected the winners, with a different voting process for the new digital-culture reading-promotion category.
Each category winner receives R$5,000, while the Book of the Year winner receives R$70,000.
Writer Lygia Bojunga was this year’s honoree.
- Who
- The finalists and winners of the 68th Jabuti Prize. The article names several prominent finalists but does not provide the winners in the available text.
- What
- The Jabuti Prize ceremony announced winners across 23 categories.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Sala São Paulo, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Edition
- 68th Jabuti Prize
- Categories
- 23
- Finalists
- Five in each category
- Jury
- 78 people
- Category prize
- R$5,000
- Book of the Year prize
- R$70,000