José Luís Peixoto

J.L. Peixoto in the UNAM

José Luís Peixoto (born 4 September 1974, in Galveias, Portalegre, Portugal), is a Portuguese novelist and poet.

Biographical note

José Luis Peixoto was born in a small village from the south interior of Portugal, in the Portuguese region of Alentejo.

He has a degree in Modern English and German Literature in the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Before devoting himself to writing professionally, he taught for a year in Praia, Cape Verde and in several cities in Portugal.

He has published poetry and fiction and received the Prize Jovens Criadores (Young Creators) in the years of 1997, 1998 and 2000.

In 2001, his novel Nenhum Olhar (Blank Gaze/The Implacable Order of Things) received the José Saramago Literary Award.

José Luis Peixoto is represented in a great number Portuguese and international anthologies and he has collaborated in a lot of international literary magazines.

In 2003, in a totally unprecedented project, Peixoto joined forces with the Gothic metal band Moonspell and together they produced a book and record, The Antidote.

As far as drama is concerned, José Luís Peixoto wrote Anathema (premiered in Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris), À Manhã (premiered in Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon) and "Quando o Inverno Chegar" also in Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon).

In 2007, "The Piano Cemetery" was distinguished with Spanish Calamo Literary Award for the best novel published in Spanish translation on the previous year.

His works have been published in France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain (Spanish and Catalan), Czech Republic, Croatia, Belarus and Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Hungary and so on. His novels are translated in a total of 20 languages.

His first novel in English translation ("Blank Gaze") was published in the UK in November 2007 by Bloomsbury and in September 2008 in the US (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), under the title "The Implacable Order of Things".

His second novel in English translation is "The Piano Cemetery". Published by Bloomsbury in 2010.

His first title "Morreste-me" ("You died on me") was published on the December 2010 issue of Warwick Review, published by the Warwick University.

Published works

Fiction

Poetry

Plays

Travel

Columns

Lyrics

Literary Prizes

Translated Works

The José Luís Peixoto Literary Award

The Municipality of Ponte de Sor, in Portugal, has created a literary award for authors (under 25) with José Luis Peixoto's name.

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