José Eduardo Agualusa
Author of The Book of Chameleons
About the Author
José Eduardo Agualusa was born on December 13, 1960 in Huambo, Angola. He studied agronomy and silviculture in Lison, Portugal. He has worked as a journalist for the Portuguese magazine LER, the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and the Angolan portal Rede Angola. He is also the host of a radio program show more A Horas das Cigarras on the RDP Africa channel. He is an award-winning writer whose work has been translated into multiple languages. Those translated to English include Creole, winner of the Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature; The Book of Chameleons, which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; My father's wives, and Rainy Season. He has written four plays W generation, O monologo, Chovem amores na Rua do Matador (written with Mia Couto), and A Caixa Preta (written with Mia Couto). His work also includes novellas, short stories, and poetry. His recent novels include A educacao sentimental dos passaros, A Vida no Ceu, and A Rainha Ginga, and a book of short stories O Livro dos Camaleoes. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by José Eduardo Agualusa
Nação Crioula 8 copies
Contos que Contam — Author — 2 copies
O Homem que Parecia um Domingo 2 copies
遗忘通论 2 copies
Vendedor de Passados, O 2 copies
Histórias Para Ler à Sombra: Contos 2 copies
244. Era uma vez 1 copy
LICNI CUDESNIK (Apologija verandi, dvorista i portugalskog jezika, pracena kratkim suprostavljanjem 1 copy
NAÇÃO CRIOLO 1 copy
Nação Crioula 1 copy
A Conjura 1 copy
A VIDA NO CÉU 1 copy
Nação crioula 1 copy
Les Vivants et les autres 1 copy
Regentijd 1 copy
La vida en el cielo 1 copy
O VENDEDOR DE PASSADOS 1 copy
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- 1960-12-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Angola
- Birthplace
- Huambo, Angola
- Places of residence
- Lisbon, Portugal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Angola - Organizations
- União dos Escritores Angolanos
- Short biography
- José Eduardo Agualusa è nato, nel 1960, a Huambo in Angola e oggi vive tra Lisbona, Rio de Janeiro e Luanda. Giornalista ed editore, è soprattutto l'autore di alcuni tra i romanzi più apprezzati negli ultimi anni dai lettori portoghesi e brasiliani. Le sue opere, alcune delle quali saranno presto adattate per il cinema, sono state tradotte nelle principali lingue europee. In Italia, La Nuova Frontiera ha già pubblicato il romanzo Quando Zumbi prese Rio.
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