Chico Buarque

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, known as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer best known for songs that reflect on social, economic and cultural life in Brazil. He also writes plays, poetry and novels, and his fiction includes Budapest, Spilt Milk and Turbulence. In 2019 he was awarded the Camões Prize, the most important literary prize in the Portuguese language, which he did not receive until April 2023.