1969 - Diário de Notícias Literary Prize
That day, April 19, upon receiving the prize, in Lisbon, he recalls a childhood story. After the fourth grade exam, which he takes with distinction, his father gives him a cavaquinho, the first gift of his life. On the day he receives the prize, Torga is 61 years old. He compares the distinction to a new mandolin, and reveals that he accepted the prize with a clear conscience, believing in his father's joy in the other world.

1976 - International Poetry Prize of the Knokke-Heist Biennials, which he receives in Brussels, on June 6, 1977.

1980 - Morgado de Mateus Prize, ex-aequo with the Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

1981 - Montaigne Prize awarded by the F.V.S. Foundation of Hamburg, Germany.

1989 - Camões Prize, the most important award in the Portuguese-speaking world. He receives the prize during the June 10 celebrations in Ponta Delgada, in the Azores. He is the first personality to be distinguished with the Camões Prize.

1992 - Literary Life Prize of the Portuguese Writers Association
He receives the prize on March 19, in Lisbon. The actress Beatriz Costa, absent from the ceremony for health reasons, wishes him "happiness for the Nobel." Mário Soares, president of the Republic, emphasizes the importance of Torga's words and work and his fight for freedom.

1992 - Figure of the Year 1991 Prize of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents
At 84, he receives the prize at Casino do Estoril on July 8.

1992 - Écureuil Prize for Foreign Literature from the Bordeaux Book Fair
He receives it in Coimbra, at the City Hall, on September 14, with a presentation by Jorge Amado, who states that it is Torga's immense work that honors the prize and not the opposite. Mário Soares, president of the Republic, delivers the prize and emphasizes the universality of the great Portuguese writer's work.

1994 - 1993 Critics Prize from the Portuguese Center of the International Association of Literary Critics