# Secretariado Nacional de Informação

The Secretariado Nacional de Informação, Cultura Popular e Turismo (National Information, Popular Culture and Tourism Secretariat), usually known as the Secretariado Nacional de Informação or SNI, was the public organization responsible for political propaganda, public information, communications, tourism and cultural activity during the Estado Novo regime in Portugal.
It was based out of the Palácio Foz [pt], on Restauradores Square, in Lisbon.
The SNI developed an important role in the area of fine arts, film, theater, dance, literature (including the introduction of literary prizes), folklore, publishing, etc.
The organization was created in 1933, as the Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional (SPN; Secretariat of National Propaganda), adopting the SNI designation in 1945. In 1968, it became the Secretaria de Estado da Informação e Turismo (SEIT; State Secretariat of Information and Tourism).
After April 25, 1974, with the Carnation Revolution, the SNI/SEIT's information and communications operations formed the basis for the new Secretaria de Estado da Comunicação Social (State Secretariat of Social Communication), sometimes elevated as the Ministry of Communications [pt].

## Directors
### Directors of the SPN

* António Joaquim Tavares Ferro – 1933 to 1945

### National Secretaries of the SNI

* António Joaquim Tavares Ferro – 1945 to 1950
* António de Eça de Queirós – 1950 (interim)
* José Manuel da Costa – 1950 to 1955
* Eduardo Brazão [pt] – 1955 to 1958
* César Henrique Moreira Baptista [pt] – 1958 to 1968

### Secretaries of State for Information and Tourism

* César Henrique Moreira Baptista – 1968 to 1973
* Pedro Mourão de Mendonça Corte-Real da Silva Pinto – 1973 to April 25, 1974

## Prizes

The secretariat issued various prizes in the theater world, some symbolic and some monetary. The SPN (and, after a hiatus, the SNI) gave out the Prémio Gil Vicente between 1935 and 1962, with the exception of the years 1943, 1946–1953, 1957, 1959, and 1960.
The SNI also awarded prized for musical theater (from 1945 to 1948), followed by the Artistic Awards (1959–1973), as well as other prizes for literary efforts.

### Prémio Gil Vicente (1935–1962)

| Year | Author(s) | Piece |
| 1935 | Vasco de Mendonça Alves | O Meu Amor É Traiçoeiro |
| 1936 | Alfredo Cortez | Tá Mar |
| 1937 | Carlos Selvagem | Telmo, o Aventureiro |
| 1938 | Virgínia Vitorino | Camaradas |
| 1939 | Vasco de Mendonça Alves | Pátria |
| 1940 | Olga Alves | Guerra Tempos modernos |
| 1941 | Carlos Selvagem | A Encruzilhada |
| 1942 | Armando Vieira Pinto | Coristas |
| 1944 | Joaquim Paço d’Arcos | O Ausente |
| 1945 | Eduardo Schwalbach | As Duas Máscaras |
| 1954 | Almeida Amaral, Fernando Santos and Leitão de Barros | Prémio Nobel |
| 1955 | No information | |
| 1956 | No information | |
| 1958 | Costa Ferreira | Um Dia de Vida |
| 1961 | Francisco Ventura | Auto de Justiça |
| 1962 | Ângelo César | Eva e Madalena |

### Prémio Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (for children's literature; 1937–1961)

| Year | Author |
| 1937 | Adolfo Simões Muller |
| 1938 | Maria Archer |
| 1939 | Olavo D'Eça Leal |
| 1942 | Adolfo Simões Muller |
| 1943 | Olavo D'Eça Leal |
| 1944 | José de Lemos |
| 1945 | Salomé de Almeida |
| 1946 | Isaura Correia Santos |
| 1947 | José de Lemos |
| 1948 | Aurora Constança |
| 1952 | Aurora Constança |
| 1953 | Maria Cecília Correia |
| 1954 | Maria Elisa Nery de Oliveira |
| 1957 | Maurício Queirós |
| 1958 | Ricardo Alberty |
| 1961 | Isabel Maria Vaz Raposo |

### Prémio Antero Quental (poetry; 1934–1961)

| Year | Author | Work |
| 1934 | Vasco Reis (pseudonym of Manuel Reis Ventura) | A Romaria |
| 1935 | Carlos Queirós | Desaparecido |
| 1936 | Joaquim Azinhal Abelho | Confidências de um Rapaz Provinciano |
| 1937 | Ramiro Guedes de Campos | Portugal: Poemas |
| 1938 | Miguel Trigueiros | Resgate |
| 1939 | Pedro Homem de Mello | Segredo |
| 1941 | Américo Cortez Pinto | A alma e o Deserto |
| 1942 | Campos de Figueiredo | Navio na Montanha |
| 1943 | João Cabral do Nascimento | Cancioneiro |
| 1945 | Amândio César | Batuque de Guerra |
| 1946 | Maria Teresa Andrade Santos | |
| 1947 | Natércia Freire | Rio Infindável |
| 1948 | Ribeiro Dias | |
| 1949 | António Manuel Couto Viana | |
| 1950 | António Sousa Freitas | |
| 1952 | Natércia Freire | |
| 1953 | Armando César Côrtes-Rodrigues | Abriu-se a Noite |
| 1954 | João Maia | |
| 1956 | Carlos Lobo de Oliveira | |
| 1957 | Maria Madalena Monteiro Ferin | |
| 1958 | Ruy Cinatti | |
| 1959 | António Manuel Couto Viana | |
| 1960 | Fernando Guedes | A viagem de Ícaro |

### Prémio Ocidente (prose/poetry; 1962–1964)

| Year | Author(s) |
| 1962 | Francisco Caeiro, Francisco da Cunha Leão |
| 1963 | Torcato de Sousa Soares, Mário António |
| 1964 | Cruz Pontes, Pedro Homem de Melo |

### Prémio Fialho de Almeida (short story or novella; 1936–1954)

| Year | Author(s) |
| 1936 | Luís Forjaz Trigueiros |
| 1938 | Raquel Bastos |
| 1940 | Loureiro Botas |
| 1942 | Joaquim Paço d'Arcos |
| 1944 | Folgado da Silveira |
| 1946 | Heloísa Cid |
| 1948 | Olavo d'Eça Leal |
| 1948 | Manuela de Azevedo |

### Prémio Eça de Queirós (novel; 1935–1960)

| Year | Author(s) |
| 1935 | Conde de Aurora |
| 1936 | Joaquim Paço d'Arcos |
| 1944 | Francisco Costa |
| 1948 | Tomás de Figueiredo |
| 1954 | Agustina Bessa-Luís, Alberto Lopes |
| 1958 | Maria da Graça Freire |
| 1960 | Ester de Lemos |