José
Luís
Peixoto
José
Luís
Peixoto
He was born in Galveias in 1974. He has a degree in modern languages and literature from the Universidade Nova in Lisbon. His literary work has been translated into thirty languages so far. He has received many distinctions and prestigious awards, among others the José Saramago Prize 2001 and the Libro d’Europa Award 2010, and he was shortlisted for the Portugal Telecom Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Femina Prize. 2016 his latest novel Galveias, which sold already over 30,000 copies in Portugal, has won the prestigious Prémio Oceanos 2016 (formerly: Portugal Telecom), Brazilian literary award for works in Portuguese language. José Luís Peixoto is one of Portugal’s most acclaimed and bestselling contemporary novelists.
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