[1] José Luis Peixoto was born in the village of Galveias, in the Portuguese region of Alentejo.

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.

In 2001, he became the youngest ever recipient of the José Saramago Prize, at the age of 27, for his novel Nenhum Olhar.

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.