JOSÉ LUÍS PEIXOTO

Jose Luis Peixoto - photo by Patricia Santos Pinto

JOSÉ LUÍS PEIXOTO

Biography

José Luís Peixoto (1974) is one of Portugal’s most acclaimed contemporary writers. He has a vast body of work in fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. Peixoto has received several Portuguese and international literary awards, including the José Saramago Literary Award, Libro d’Europa and the Oceanos Literature Award. His novels have been translated into 26 languages.