Born 1980 in Rio de Janeiro Jatobá is a narrative, essay and theatre writer.He was chosen as one of the Best of Young Brazilian Writers by Granta Magazine. His stories have been translated to English, German, French and Spanish and…

Ondjaki was born Ndalu de Almeida in Luanda in 1977. He studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, and wrote his thesis on the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira. He then took a doctorate in African studies in Italy. He subsequently…

José Eduardo Agualusa [Alves da Cunha], born 1960 in Huambo, Angola, spends most of his time in Portugal, Angola and Brazil, working as a writer and journalist. His books have been translated into 25 languages. So far five of his…

Judite Canha Fernandes was born in Madeira, in 1971, and grew up in the Azores islands. She is a writer and a playwright. Her poetry book The most difficult part about capitalism is finding the place where to put the…

My passion is storytelling. So, I started my professional career as a film and video director. Graduated in Advertising, right at the beginning, I worked in production companies, with institutional and advertising pieces. I have had some experiences in television,…

Brazilian and Portuguese journalist born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, and author of the essay “Brazil: Cazuza, Renato Russo and a democratic transition” (Civilização Brasileira) and of articles and chapters on themes of citizenship and culture. As a Criar…

Hugo Miguel Coelho directs the artistic projects coisasdocorpo and máquinadodesejo, and is a producer at ExQuorum. He has a master in Directing and Dramaturgy in Theatre, from the University of Évora, where he completed a degree in Theatre Studies and…

Lisbon, 1954. Lives in Pico Island (Azores) since 2015.Main works:Hotel dos Inocentes (novel, Companhia das Ilhas, 2019), O Universo & outras Ficções (short stories, Companhia das Ilhas, 2019), Puta de Filosofia (novel, Companhia das Ilhas, 2018), O Mar de Ludovico…