João Tordo

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The writer Joao Tordo

João Tordo (* 1975 in Lisbon , Portugal ) is a Portuguese writer, journalist, translator and screenwriter. He works mainly as a novelist .

Life

João Tordo was born to the singer Fernando Tordo and Isabella Branco. As a teenager he attended Pedro Nunes High School in his hometown. He then began studying philosophy at the Universidade Nova in Lisbon and then went to London from 1999 to 2002 , where he studied journalism for a few semesters . There he also wrote for newspapers and magazines such as The Independent and Icon, and News Magazine . In 2002 he went to New York , where he continued studying for a year at various workshops at the City College of New York . He has been working as a freelance journalist since 2002 and has written for magazines such as Sábado , Elle and the weekly Expresso ; his first novel was published in 2004. He has also worked as a screenwriter for various series and TV films for television. Tordo's most famous novel is "The Accidental Biography of a Love".

Trivia

He is a Benfica fan.

Awards (selection)

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  • O livro dos Homens sem luz, 2004, novel.
  • Hotel Memoria, 2006, novel.
  • As tres vidas, 2008, novel.
  • Anatomia dos Martires, 2011, novel, (about the communist farm worker Caterina Eufemia , who was murdered by the PIDE ).
  • O ano sabatico, 2013, Roman (in German 2015 as "Stockmanns Melodie" in Droemer-Knaur Verlag).
  • Biografia involutaria dos amantes, 2014, novel. (in German "The accidental biography of a love", 2017, Droemer-Knaur Verlag)
  • O luto de Elias Gro, 2015, novel.
  • O paraiso segundo Lars D., 2015, novel.
  • A mulher que correu atras do vento, 2019, novel.
  • A noite em que verao acabou, 2019, thriller / novel.

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personal data
SURNAME Tordo, João
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese writer, journalist, translator and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal