José Luís Peixoto

José Luís Peixoto (born 4 September 1974, in Galveias, Portalegre, Portugal), 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
 Fiction 
 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 
 2001 - A Criança em Ruínas
 2002 - A Casa, a Escuridão
 2008 - Gaveta de Papéis

 Plays 
 2005 - Anathema
 2005 - À Manhã
 2007 - "Quando o Inverno Chegar"

 Columns 
 Writes a regular column in the Portuguese cultural newspaper "Jornal de Letras" and in the Portuguese weekly magazine Visão.

 Lyrics 
 Wrote lyrics for Da Weasel, Mísia, A Naifa, Joana Amendoeira and Quinta do Bill.

 Literary Prizes 
 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

Category:Portuguese writers
Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:European novelists