joão tordo

João Tordo was born in Lisbon in 1975.

In 2009, he won the prestigious José Saramago Literary Prize with the novel As Três Vidas. 

In 2011, he was shortlisted for the Portugal Telecom Prize in Brazil with the same novel.

He was shortlisted for the prestigious Fernando Namora Literary prize three times: in 2012 for Anatomia dos Mártires, 2011 for O Bom Inverno and 2015 for Biografia Involuntária dos Amantes.

O Bom Inverno was also shortlisted for Best Novel at the Portuguese Author's Society (2011) and also Biografia Involuntária dos Amantes (2015); the French translation, published by Actes Sud, was shortlisted for the European Literary Award in 2012.

 

He has published eleven novels. 

 

Books and foreign editions:

 

Ensina-me a Voar Sobre os Telhados, 2018, Companhia das Letras (Portugal)

 

O Deslumbre de Cecilia Fluss, 2017, Companhia das Letras (Portugal)

 

O Paraíso Segundo Lars D., 2015, Companhia das Letras (Portugal)

 

O Luto de Elias Gro, 2015, Companhia das Letras (Portugal),

Spain: Volcano Libros

 

Biografia Involuntária dos Amantes, 2014 Alfaguara (Portugal)

Brasil: Companhia das Letras

Germany: Droemer Knaur.

Italy: Neri Pozza

 

O Ano Sabático, 2013 Dom Quixote (Portugal)

France: Actes Sud.

Germany: Droemer Knaur.

Brasil: Língua Geral.

 

Anatomia dos Mártires, 2011 Dom Quixote (Portugal)

Brazil: Língua Geral.

 

O Bom Inverno, 2010, Dom Quixote (Portugal)

France: Actes Sud

Italy: Cavallo di Ferro

Brazil: Língua Geral.

 

As Três Vidas, 2008 Dom Quixote (Portugal)

France: Actes Sud.

Brazil: Língua Geral.

Serbia: Dereta.

Croatia: Ljevak.

Argentina, Uruguai, América Central, México: Editorial Crack-up

 

Hotel Memória, 2007

Hungary: Jelenkor.

 

O Livro dos Homens Sem Luz, 2004, Dom Quixote (Portugal)

Brazil: Rocco.

 

Palabras, Dispatches from the Festival, 2013. United States. Anthology. With Junot Diaz, Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Samantha Schweblin.