José Luís Peixoto
Portuguese writer
José Luís Peixoto (born 4 September 1974, in Galveias, Portalegre, Portugal[1]), is a Portuguese writer. His novels that are in English are Blank Gaze (UK title)/The Implacable Order of Things (US title) and The Piano Cemetery.
His works have been published in France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland, Holland, Spain (Spanish and Catalan), Czech Republic, Croatia, Belarus, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, and Hungary. His novels have been translated in a total of 20 languages.
Peixoto graduated from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Published works change
Fiction change
- 2000 - Morreste-me (fiction, narrative)
- 2000 - Nenhum Olhar (novel)
- 2002 - Uma Casa na Escuridão (novel)
- 2003 - Antidoto (fiction, narrative)
- 2006 - Cemitério de Pianos (novel)
- 2008 - Cal (fiction, narrative)
- 2010 - Livro (novel)
- 2011 - Abraço (memoir, narrative)
Poetry change
- 2001 - A Criança em Ruínas
- 2002 - A Casa, a Escuridão
- 2008 - Gaveta de Papéis
Plays change
- 2005 - Anathema
- 2005 - À Manhã
- 2007 - "Quando o Inverno Chegar"
Columns change
- Writes a regular column in the Portuguese cultural newspaper "Jornal de Letras" and in the Portuguese weekly magazine Visão.
Lyrics change
- Wrote lyrics for Da Weasel, Mísia, A Naifa, Joana Amendoeira and Quinta do Bill.
Literary Prizes change
- Prémio Jovens Criadores, Instituto Português da Juventude in 1997, 1998 and 2000
- Prémio José Saramago, from "Fundação Círculo de Leitores", 2001.
- Prémio de Poesia Daniel Faria, 2008
- Prémio Cálamo Outra Mirada, 2008 (Spain)
- Prémio Libro d'Europa, 2013 (Italy)
References change
- ↑ "José Luís Peixoto". Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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