José Luís Peixoto Explained

José Luís Peixoto
Birth Date:	September 4, 1974
Birth Place:	Galveias, Ponte de Sor, Portugal
Occupation:	Novelist, poet, playwright
Notableworks:	Morreste-me, Nenhum Olhar, Cemitério de Pianos, Livro, Dentro do Segredo, Galveias, Em Teu Ventre
Awards:	José Saramago Prize (2001) Oceanos Prize (2016)
Website:	joseluispeixoto.net
Nationality:	Portuguese

José Luís Marques Peixoto (pronounced as /pt/; born September 4, 1974) is a Portuguese author, poet and playwright. A professional writer since 2001, his works have been translated into more than 30 languages.^[1]

Biography

José Luis Peixoto was born in the village of Galveias, in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. He lived in Galveias until the age of 18. He obtained a bachelor's degree in modern languages and literature from NOVA University Lisbon. After university, he was a teacher for some years in several schools in Portugal and Cape Verde, before becoming a professional writer in 2001.

Peixoto's first book, Morreste-me (English title: You Died on Me), was published in 2000. In 2001, he became the youngest ever recipient of the José Saramago Prize, at the age of 27, for his novel Nenhum Olhar.

International editions

Translated editions of Peixoto's books are available from the following publishers: Bloomsbury (UK), Doubleday, Random House (US), Grasset, Seuil (France), Literatura Random House (Spanish-speaking countries), Companhia das Letras (Brazil), Einaudi (Italy), Kedros (Greece), Meulenhoff, Atlas Contact (Nederlands), Kineret (Israel), Wsoy (Finland), Polirom (Romania), Bozicevic (Croatia), Bakur Sulakauri (Georgia), Kontrast (Serbia), among others.

Awards

2001: José Saramago Prize, for Nenhum Olhar (best novel published in all Portuguese speaking countries on the two previous years)
2007: Prémio Cálamo, for Cemitério de Pianos (best foreign novel published in Spain in 2007)
2008: Prémio de Poesia Daniel Faria, for Gaveta de Papéis (best poetry book published in Portugal by a poet under 35 years old)
2013: Prémio da Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, for A Criança em Ruínas (best poetry book published in Portugal on the previous year)
2013: Prémio Salerno Libro d'Europa, for Livro (best novel published in Europe in 2012)
2016: Oceanos Prize, for Galveias (best novel published in all Portuguese-speaking countries in 2015)
2019: The Best Translation Award-Japan for Galveias (best foreign novel translated into Japanese in 2019)

Bibliography

Novels

2000: Nenhum Olhar (English titles: Blank Gaze (UK), The Implacable Order of Things (US))^[2]
2002: Uma Casa na Escuridão
2006: Cemitério de Pianos (English title: The Piano Cemetery)^[3]
2010: Livro
2014: Galveias
2015: Em Teu Ventre
2019: Autobiografia
2021: Almoço de Domingo

Short-novels/fictional narrative

2000: Morreste-me (English title: You Died on Me)^[4]
2003: Antídoto
2008: Cal
2011: Abraço
2022: Onde

Poetry

2001: A Criança em Ruínas
2002: A Casa, a Escuridão
2008: Gaveta de Papéis
2020: Regresso a Casa

Travel literature

2012: Dentro do Segredo: Uma viagem na Coreia do Norte
2017: O Caminho Imperfeito

Children's literature

2012: A Mãe que Chovia
2016: Todos os Escritores do Mundo Têm a Cabeça Cheia de Piolhos

References

Web site: viagens josé luís peixoto em viagem. 2021-02-26. peixoto em viagem. pt.
Web site: Blank Gaze (review). 2021-02-27. joseluispeixoto.blogs.sapo.pt. pt.
Web site: Bloomsbury.com. The Piano Cemetery. 2021-02-27. Bloomsbury Publishing. en.
Web site: Writers - José Luís Peixoto - Morreste-me. 2021-02-26. warwick.ac.uk.