Jabuti Honors Novel By Ruy Castro And Chronicles By Antonio Prata

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The writer and biographer Ruy Castro won the Jabuti Prize for best literary novel for “Os Perigos do Imperador”, his fiction about an attack by antimonarchists on Dom Pedro 2º.

The columnist for Sheet and immortal from the Brazilian Academy of Literature had already won the prize in 1996 for his biographies of Garrincha “Estrela Solitária” and ten years later for Carmen Miranda.

Writer Antonio Prata, also a columnist, won the Jabuti Prize for best chronicle book with “Por Quem as Panelas Batem,” a collection of light texts on Brazilian politics that the newspaper has published in recent years.

Gaucho João Gilberto Noll, who died in 2017, posthumously won the short story category for “Natural Education,” adding to a shelf that already had six turtles. He was represented on stage by his daughter and editor Rodrigo Lacerda from Record.

The journalist Fabio Victor, now special reporter for Sheetwon in the biography and reporting category for “Poder Camouflado,” his research on the role of the military in Brazilian governments after redemocratization.

The award for best comic book went to Marcelo D’Salete for “Mukanda Tiodora” the author had already won for “Angola Janga” and was increasingly establishing himself as a reference in national comics.

Lilia Schwarcz and Suzane Lopes won in the youth book category for “Oculos de Cor”, a book by Companhia das Letrinhas about children’s perception of racism. The best children’s book was “Doçura” by Anna Cunha and Emilia Nuñez.

Fabrício Corsaletti, who had already gone on stage to accept the trophy for his friend Prata, had to come back to be celebrated himself for naming “Ghost Engineer” the best book of poetry.

“Dentro do Nosso Silêncio”, which Karine Asth published with the independent Bestiário, won as a light novel.

The Instituto Moreira Salles’ publication about the photographer Walter Firmo was named best art book. Journalist Matthew Shirts’ book “Climate Emergency” about the climate crisis won the prize in the science category.

Following the fallout from the case, Jabuti decided to withdraw the nomination for “Frankenstein” and released a note saying that there would be a more indepth discussion about whether or not to allow the use of artificial intelligence in future editions.

Of all things, the book “Humanamente Digital”, which deals with exactly this topic, was awarded in the human sciences category. The award for best illustration went to one person artist Fayga Ostrower, responsible for “The Remarkable Story of the Striped Man.”

Political scientist Marcos Nobre was named author of the best social science book of the year for “Limits of Democracy,” his analysis of the years from June 2013 to the Bolsonaro government.

The best translation went to “Finnegan’s Rivolta” by James Joyce, a stunning collaborative work led by Professor Dirce Waltrick do Amarante of the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

In her speech, the President of the Brazilian Book Chamber, Sevani Matos, lamented the decline in the number of readers in the country in recent years and defended the “urgency of investing in public measures to promote reading.” He noted the importance of regulating national literacy policies, a longstanding demand of the sector.

Shortly afterwards, on the same stage, Anita Gea Martinez Stefani, director of the Ministry of Education, assured that President Lula would do so “soon”, for which she received great applause, adding that the government believes in a country of books more than weapons, a Contrast with the first Jabuti ceremony after Jair Bolsonaro’s government.

The ceremony took place on Tuesday evening at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo and the organization often emphasized the creation of a new category specifically for debut authors, with which the curators of the prize express their intention to encourage the entry of new authors into the market. The winner this first year was Paulo Fehlauer for “Extremo Oeste”, published by Cepe Editora.

But the award this year was marked by the uproar caused by the inclusion and later disqualification of an illustration created using artificial intelligence.

The Classic Literature Club’s edition of “Frankenstein” was illustrated by designer Vicente Pessôa using the Midjourney tool, which was listed in the credits, but the judges said they didn’t notice.

The finalists and winners are selected by a team of three judges per category Ilustrada editor Silas Martí competed in the graphic design category selected by a team of curators from the Brazilian Book Chamber, led this year by educator Hubert Alquéres.

The Jabuti Prize has existed since 1958 and quickly established itself as the main reference in the annual selection of the highlights of Brazilian literature and editorial production.

The main prize, for which the Book of the Year is selected, is worth R$70,000, less than the R$100,000 awarded in previous years. But now the CBL is taking the winner on a trip to the Frankfurt trade fair, an important market for the sale of international publishing rights. The winners in each specific category will receive R$5,000.

Below is the full list of Jabuti Award 2023 winners and finalists.

AXIS: LITERATURE

STORY

TIMELINE

COMICS

CHILDREN

YOUTH

POETRY

ENTERTAINMENT ROMANCE

Literary novel

AXIS: Nonfiction

ART

Futures in Pregnancy: City, Politics and Pandemic | Author: Guilherme Wisnik, Tuca Vieira | Publisher: WMF Martins Fontes, Escola da Cidade
Impressive images of Brazilian photography (18401914) | Author: Pedro Corrêa do Lago, Ruy Souza e Silva | Publisher: Capivara
The Germanic View of the Origin of Brazil | Author: Maurício Vicente Ferreira Júnior, Rafael Cardoso | Publisher: Imperial Museum
Tomie | Author: Paulo Miyada, Priscyla Gomes (organizers) | Publisher: Instituto Tomie Ohtake

Walter Firmo: In the verb of silence the synthesis of the scream | Author: Sérgio Burgi | Publisher: IMS

BIOGRAPHY AND REPORT

The vaccine without revolt: Rodolpho Theophilo’s fight against power and the plague | Author: Lira Neto | Publisher: Bella Editora
Slavery: from Brazilian independence to the Golden Law | Author: Laurentino Gomes | Publisher: Globo Livros
Jair’s Business: The Forbidden History of the Bolsonaro Clan | Author: Juliana Dal Piva | Publisher: Zahar

Camouflaged power: military and politics, from the end of the dictatorship to the alliance with Bolsonaro | Author: Fabio Victor | Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Queens of the Night | Author: Chico Felitti | Publisher: Companhia das Letras

SCIENCES

Covid19: organizational challenges and impacts on health systems and services | Author: Lenice Gnocchi da Costa Reis, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima | Publisher: Fiocruz

Climate emergency: global warming, youth activism and the fight for a better world | Author: Matthew Shirts | Publisher: Claro Enigma
Basic Pediatrics | Authors: Alice D’Agostini Deutsch, Carlos Augusto Cardim de Oliveira, Claudio Schvartsman, Durval Anibal Daniel Filho, Eduardo Juan Troster, Elda Maria Stafuzza Gonçalves Pires, Érica
Santos, Mariana Facchini Granato, Paula Alves Gonçalves, Renata Dejtiar Waksman | Publisher: Atheneu
Bar Psychoanalysis: The Unconscious in Everyday Life | Author: Alexandre Patricio de Almeida | Publisher: Paidos
A History of Brazilian Forests | Author: Zé Pedro de Oliveira Costa | Publisher: Authentica

HUMANITIES

It is human: an odyssey of selfknowledge and selfrealization in 12 lessons | Author: Dante Gallian | Publisher: Record

Humanly Digital: humancentered artificial intelligence | Author: Cassio Pantaleoni | Publisher: Unità Educacional
Identities and the crisis of democracies | Author: Bernardo Sorj | Publisher: Fundação FHC
The point at which we have arrived: two hundred years of educational delay and its impact on current policy | Author: Antônio Gois | Publisher: FGV
Outliers: Why some education reforms in Brazil are more effective than others and what this means for the future of basic education Author: Olavo Nogueira Filho | Publisher: FGV

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Limits of Democracy: From June 2013 to the Bolsonaro Government | Author: Marcos Nobre | Editor: However
Red Line: The Ukrainian War and International Relations in the 21st Century | Author: Felipe Loureiro (organizer) | Publisher: Editora da Unicamp
LGBTI+ movement: a brief history from the 19th century to today | Author: Renan Quinalha | Publisher: Authentica
We from Brazil: our heritage and our choices | Author: Zeina Latif | Publisher: Record
Funk in tune: dance, street and parliament | Author: Danilo Cymrot | Publisher: Edições Sesc São Paulo

CREATIVE ECONOMY

Seriously Creativity | Author: Felipe Zamana | Publisher: Obra Independente
Unforgettable accommodations | Author: Rodrigo Galvão | Publisher: Freitas Bastos Editora
Pocket Educational Metaverse Concepts, Considerations and Potential Impact on Education | Author: Francisco Tupy, Helena Poças Leitão | Publisher: Arco 43 Editora
Heritage 4.0 | Author: Pedro Henrique Gonçalves (organizer) | Publisher: Blücher

Favela Organica recipes: full use of food | Author: Regina Tchelly | Publisher: Senac Rio

AXIS: EDITORIAL PRODUCTION

COVER

ILLUSTRATION

GRAPHIC PROJECT

Acts of revolt: other ideas about independence | Responsible: Sometimes always | Publisher: Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro

Express 2222 | Responsible: Ana Oliveira, Paulo Chagas | Editor: Iyá Omin
Judith Lauand: Concrete Deviation | Responsible: Paula Tinoco, Roderico Souza | Publisher: São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand Art Museum (Masp)
Middlemarch: a study of provincial life | Responsible: Flávia Castanheira, Igor Miranda | Publisher: Pinard
Tomie | Responsible: Felipe Carnevalli De Brot, Vitor Cesar Junior | Publisher: Instituto Tomie Ohtake

TRANSLATION

Oedipus the King or Oedipus in Thebes | Translator: Jaa Torrano | Publisher: Atelieriê Editorial, Editora Mnêma

Finnegan’s Rivolta | Translator: Dirce Waltrick do Amarante (organizer) / Coletivo Finnegans | Publisher: Iluminuras
Inanna | Translators: Adriano Scandolara, Guilherme Gontijo Flores | Publisher: Sobinfluencia Edições
Basic principles of legal philosophy | Translator: Marcos Lutz Müller | Publisher: Editora 34
Phantasus: Poemnonplusultra | Translator: Simone Homem de Mello | Publisher: Perspective

AXIS: INNOVATION

Debut author

PROMOTION OF READING

Album Guerreiras da Ancestralidade by Mulherio das Letras Indígenas | Responsible person(s): Evanir de Oliveira Pinheiro
Calangos Reader | Responsible person(s): Claudine Maria Diniz Duarte
Including literary exhibition | Responsible person(s): Andrey do Amaral
Ciranda do Saber Project | Responsible person(s): Meire Aparecida do Nascimento
São Luís in the light of the drums | Responsible person(s): Photo Clube Poesia do Olhar

BRAZILIAN BOOK PUBLISHED ABROAD

Alleys of memory | Publisher: Pallas Editora, Portugalský inštitút
João’s Rhyme Notebook | Publisher: Pallas Editora, Editora Trinta Zero Nove
Brown and yellow | Publisher: Alfaguara, And Other Stories
Cora’s hair | Publisher: Pallas Editora, Editora Trinta Zero Nove
Seventy | Publisher: Dublinense, Hellnation Libri