Chico Buarque

Awards & Honours

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Chico Buarque's list of honors is remarkable for its breadth across music and literature. His eleven Brazilian Music Awards stand as a record, and the Camões Prize places him among the most important living Portuguese-language writers. His novels have won Brazil's most prestigious literary prizes, and his music has been the subject of academic study. Publications like Americas Quarterly have argued he deserves the Nobel Prize in Literature, a testament to the global reach of his work.

AwardsChico Buarque has won eleven Brazilian Music Awards, more than any other artist in the history of that prize. In literature, he has received the Jabuti Prize twice, for Estorvo (1991) and Budapeste (2003), as well as the Portugal Telecom Prize. His greatest literary honor is the Camões Prize, awarded in 2019 and received in 2023, recognizing his entire body of work.

Honours & Distinctions

Camões Prize

Governments of Portugal and Brazil·2019

Highest honor for Portuguese-language literature, received in 2023.

Doctor Honoris Causa

University of Coimbra·2016

Honorary doctorate from the Portuguese university.

Rankings & Lists

Why Chico Buarque Deserves a Nobel Prize

Americas Quarterly·2025

#1 for Construção

Greatest Brazilian Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone Brasil·2023

Magazine Covers

Americas Quarterly

January 2025

Why Chico Buarque Deserves a Nobel Prize

Time Out Lisbon

2025

Chico Buarque at Coliseu de Lisboa

Records & Feats

Most Brazilian Music Awards won

Awards·2023

Eleven wins, more than any other artist in the history of the award.

First artist to have a song banned by Brazilian military dictatorship and still become an anthem of resistance

Historic First·1970

'Apesar de Você' was censored but became a symbol of opposition.