The best Brazilian book covers

The winners of the main Brazilian literary award, Prêmio Jabuti, were announced yesterday. Among them, “Ribamar”, by José Castello, considered last year’s best novel; “1822”, by Laurentino Gomes, the best journalistic book, and “Em alguma parte alguma”, by Ferreira Gullar, that got the poetry award.

The Best Cover Award went to João Baptista da Costa Aguiar, that created a sober cover for “Invisível”, the Brazilian version for Paul Auster’s “Invisible”, edited by Companhia das Letras.

You will find here the list of book covers that got the award in past years. (Tip: 2007 was a particularly inspired year)

2010

• 1º – O resto é ruído – Escutando o século XX – cover by Retina 78, published by Companhia das Letras.

 

 

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• 2º – Salas e Abismos – cover by Zot Design, Rara Dias, Ana Carolina Carneiro and Paula Delecave, published by Cosac Naify.

 

• 3º – Os Espiões – cover by Rodrigo Rodrigues, published by Ed Objetiva.

2009

 

• 1º – Moby Dick – cover by Luciana Faccini, published by Cosac Naify.
• 2º – O Jovem Stalin – cover by João Baptista da Costa Aguiar, published by Companhia das Letras
• 3º – Introdução à Filosofia – cover by Rex Design, published by WMF Martins Fontes

 

2008

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• 1º – Ensaios Sobre o Medo – cover by Moema Cavalcanti, published by Editora SENAC São Paulo and Edições SESC São Paulo.

• 2º – Alexandre Herchcovitch (Coleção Moda Brasileira – Vol. 1)– cover by Elaine Ramos, published by Cosac Naify Edições

• 3º – As Moedas Contam a História do Brasil – cover by Marcelo Aflalo, published by Magma Cultural e Editora

 

2007

• 1º – Ferdydurke – cover by Elisa Cardoso, published by Companhia das Letras

• 2º – Lampião e Lancelote – cover by Luciana Facchini, published by Cosac Naify.

 

• 3º – 50 Poemas Escolhidos pelo Autor/ Manuel Bandeira – cover by Elaine Ramos, published by Cosac Naify.