Benedito Nunes (November 21, 1929 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian philosopher and literary critic.
He was born Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes in Belém, a major city in the north of Brazil, where he was later a professor at the Federal University of Pará.
He has also lectured at other universities in the south of Brazil, France and the United States.
[citation needed] In 1987, he was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti, regarded as the most prestigious literary prize in Brazil.
He was awarded again with the same prize in 2010, for the literary critique A Clave do Poético.