José Eduardo Agualusa Alves da Cunha (born December 13, 1960) is an Angolan journalist and writer of Portuguese and Brazilian descent. He studied agronomy and silviculture in Lisbon, Portugal. Currently he resides in the Island of Mozambique, working as a writer and journalist. He also has been working to establish a public library on the island. Agualusa writes predominantly in his native language, Portuguese. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages, most notably into English by translator Daniel Hahn, a frequent collaborator of his. Much of his writing focuses on the history of Angola. He has seen some success in English-speaking literary circles, most notably for A General Theory of Oblivion. That novel, written in 2012 and translated in 2015, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize, and was the recipient of the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Bibliography A Conjura (novel, 1989) D. Nicolau Água-Rosada e outras estórias verdadeiras e inverosímeis (short stories, 1990) O coração dos bosques (poetry, 1991) A feira dos assombrados (novella, 1992) Estação das Chuvas (novel, 1996) Nação Crioula (novel, 1997) Fronteiras Perdidas, contos para viajar (short stories, 1999) Um estranho em Goa (novel, 2000) Estranhões e Bizarrocos (juvenile literature, 2000) A Substância do Amor e Outras Crónicas (chronicles, 2000) O Homem que Parecia um Domingo (short stories, 2002) Catálogo de Sombras (short stories, 2003) O Ano em que Zumbi Tomou o Rio (novel, 2003) O Vendedor de Passados (novel, 2004) Manual Prático de Levitação (short stories, 2005) As Mulheres de Meu Pai (novel, 2007) Na rota das especiarias (guide, 2008) Barroco tropical (novel, 2009) Milagrário Pessoal (novel, 2010) Teoria Geral do Esquecimento (novel, 2012) A educação sentimental dos pássaros (novel, 2012) A Vida no Céu (novel, 2013) A Rainha Ginga (novel, 2014) O Livro dos Camaleões (short stories, 2015) A sociedade dos sonhadores involuntários (2017) The Society of Reluctant Dreamers, trans. Daniel Hahn (2019). Os Vivos e os Outros (novel, 2020) He has also published, in collaboration with fellow journalist Fernando Semedo and photographer Elza Rocha, a work of investigative reporting on the African community of Lisbon, entitled Lisboa Africana (1993). Agualusa's play Aquela Mulher was performed by Brazilian actress Marília Gabriela (directed by Antônio Fagundes) in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2009. He co-wrote the play Chovem amores na Rua do Matador with Mozambican writer Mia Couto. Translated works These novels were all translated