PTThe Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge has been awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature for her body of work. The award, worth €25,000, will be presented to her on July 27 during the Salzburg Festival. The Austrian Ministry of Culture praised her versatility and the significance of her themes, including critiques of European colonialism, social inequality, poverty, discrimination against women, racism, and the 1974 Carnation Revolution. The jury highlighted these themes as central to her literature.
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