José Luís Peixoto is one of Portugal’s most acclaimed and bestselling young novelists. He was
born in 1974 in Galveias, in the region of Alentejo, Portugal. Has studied Modern Languages
and Literature at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Since 2000 Peixoto has published ten titles
(4 novels, 3 fiction books and 3 poetry collections). He is a three-time winner of the Jovens
Criadores Prize. His first novel “Nenhum Olhar” (published in the UK by Bloomsbury as “Blank
Gaze” and as “The Implacable Order of Things” in the USA by Doubleday/Anchor/Random
House) was shortlisted in all major literary awards in Portugal and won the Jose Saramago
Literary Award, which is awarded every two years for the best novel in all Portuguese-speaking
countries. ‘Nenhum Olhar’ (‘Blank Gaze’) was selected by the Financial Times as one of their
best books of 2007. In the USA it was part of the ‘Discover Great New Writers’ selection by
Barnes & Noble. In Portugal it was selected by Expresso as one of their best books of the
decade. Peixoto’s poetry and short stories have appeared in a great number of anthologies,
in dozens of languages. All his novels have been internationally acclaimed and, so far, have
been translated into 20 languages.