Fernando Namora
Literary Award

With the novel "Livro da Doença" (Book of Illness), Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida won the 28th edition of the Fernando Namora Literary Prize, for the year 2025, established by Estoril Sol, with a monetary value of 15 thousand euros.

The jury, chaired by Guilherme D'Oliveira Martins, considered that "Livro da Doença" (Book of Illness), by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, "captivates the reader with its human scope and the richness of its fictional construction. Placing the narrative in the first person singular, it is in the author's experience and memories that the autobiographical symptom of the novel emerges."

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida was born in Angola, more specifically in Luanda, in 1982. She moved to Portugal as a child, at the age of three, where she grew up and has resided ever since. She therefore holds dual Angolan and Portuguese nationality. She has a degree in Portuguese Studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon, a Master's degree in Literary Theory (2006), and a PhD in Literary Studies (Literary Theory) (2012) from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.