BUALA

Angolan writer, born 1960 in Huambo. He spends most of his time in Portugal, Angola and Brazil, working as a writer and journalist. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. So far four of his books have been translated in english: « Creole » (2002, Arcadia. Orig.: « Nação crioula »); « The Book of Chameleons » (2006, Arcadia, UK; 2008, Simon & Schuster, USA. Orig.: « O Vendedor de Passados »); « My father’s wives » (2008, Arcadia. Orig.: « As mulheres do meu pai »); « Rainy Season » (2009, Arcadia. Orig.: « Estação das Chuvas »). He also wrote three theatre plays, “W generation”, “Chovem amores na Rua do Matador”, this one together with Mia Couto and “O monólogo”.
He received three literary grants. In the begining of 2009 Agualusa completed his last novel «Barroco Tropical» in Amsterdam, while living in the residency for writers, a joint initiative by the Dutch Foundation for Litterature and the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature.
In 2006 he set up the Brazilian book editor Língua Geral, which only edits books originally written in portuguese.