My Father's Wives

José Eduardo Agualusa was born on December 13, 1960 in Huambo, Angola. He studied agronomy and silviculture in Lison, Portugal. He has worked as a journalist for the Portuguese magazine LER, the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and the Angolan portal Rede Angola. He is also the host of a radio program A Horas das Cigarras on the RDP Africa channel. He is an award-winning writer whose work has been translated into multiple languages. Those translated to English include Creole, winner of the Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature; The Book of Chameleons, which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; My father's wives, and Rainy Season. He has written four plays W generation, O monologo, Chovem amores na Rua do Matador (written with Mia Couto), and A Caixa Preta (written with Mia Couto). His work also includes novellas, short stories, and poetry. His recent novels include A educacao sentimental dos passaros, A Vida no Ceu, and A Rainha Ginga, and a book of short stories O Livro dos Camaleoes.

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