Associação Portuguesa de Escritores

Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE) is a Portuguese writers' association. According to its official website, it instituted the Grande Prémio de Literatura Biográfica Miguel Torga, sponsored by the Câmara Municipal de Coimbra. The prize is valued at €12,500 and is awarded annually in the domains of biography, autobiography, photobiographies, diary and memoirs to a work in Portuguese by a Portuguese author published in book form and in first edition in 2025. The 6th edition opened for applications with a deadline of 17 April 2026, and the jury of the VI edition awarded the prize to Patrícia Gomes Lucas for the work Frederico Ressano Garcia – Urbanista e Político (Imprensa Nacional, 2025).

Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE) is a Portuguese writers' association. Its official website states that it instituted the Grande Prémio de Literatura Biográfica Miguel Torga, sponsored by the Câmara Municipal de Coimbra. The prize, valued at €12,500, is intended to annually reward, in the domains of biography, autobiography, photobiographies, diary and memoirs, a work in Portuguese by a Portuguese author published in book form and in first edition in 2025. The 6th edition of the prize opened for applications with a deadline of 17 April 2026. The jury of the VI edition awarded the prize to Patrícia Gomes Lucas for the work Frederico Ressano Garcia – Urbanista e Político (Imprensa Nacional, 2025).

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