Prêmio Saci

Award

Prêmio Saci
A Saci in a Brazilian stamp of 1974
Awarded for	Excellence of Brazilian film and theater production^[1]
Country	Brazil
Hosted by	O Estado de S. Paulo
Established	1951

Prêmio Saci (English: Saci Award), was an award presented annually by O Estado de S. Paulo, to honour the best Brazilian theater and film performers.^[2]

History

During the 1950s and 1960s, it was considered the biggest and most prestigious award in Brazilian cinema.

The award recipients were given a statuette of the Saci,^[3] a famous figure of Brazilian folklore, suggested by a reader through a competition organized by the newspaper. The trophy was sculpted by the plastic artist Victor Brecheret.

Awarded (selection)

Inezita Barroso (1953 and 1955)
Tônia Carrero
Walmor Chagas (1956)
Cyro Del Nero^[4]
Jorge Dória^[5]
Odete Lara (1957)
Eliane Lage (1953) for her performance in Sinhá Moça
Nydia Licia^[6]
Osvaldo Moles
Rachel de Queiroz (1954)
Mário Sérgio (1953)
Ruth de Souza
Eva Wilma^[7]

References

^ O Estado de S. Paulo, October 21st, 1956; "Prêmio Saci de Cinema e Teatro". Primeiro Caderno, página 14
^ O Estado de S. Paulo, April 1st, 1960; "Dia 16 no Marrocos a festa do Saci". Primeiro Caderno, página 8
^ UNESP. "Um estudo comparativo entre O Sacy-Perêrê: resultado de um inquérito (1918) e O Saci (1921), de Monteiro Lobato" (PDF) (in Portuguese). repositorio.unesp.br. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^ Estadão. "Jô Soares e Cyro Del Nero no Prêmio Saci" (in Portuguese). fotos.estadao.com.br. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ Brasil - Memória das Artes. "Biografia de Jorge Dória" (in Portuguese). portais.funarte.gov.br. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ Brasil - Memória das Artes. "Biografia de Nydia Licia" (in Portuguese). portais.funarte.gov.br. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ "Prêmio Saci". emais.estadao.com.br. Retrieved 11 November 2022.