José Luís Peixoto (1974) is one of Portugal’s most acclaimed contemporary novelists. He has received several Portuguese and international literary awards, such as the Jose Saramago Literary Award in 2001 (best novel published in all Portuguese speaking countries in the two previous years), Libro d’Europa (best novel published in Europe in 2012) and Oceanos Literature Award (best novel published in all Portuguese speaking countries in 2015). His novels are translated into 26 languages.