The biggest Portuguese-language author prize -- the equivalent of the Spanish-language Premio Cervantes or the German-language Georg-Büchner-Preis -- is the Prêmio Camões, and they've just announced that The Tuner of Silences-author Mia Couto takes this year's €100,000 prize.
See also, for example, the report in the Portuguese American Journal.
See also, for example, the report in the Portuguese American Journal.