Gonçalo M. Tavares

Gonçalo M. Tavares is a Portuguese writer who also teaches Theory of Science in Lisbon. He began publishing in 2001 and has since won several literary prizes, including the José Saramago Prize for young writers under 35 in 2005. His novel Jerusalem has been included in the European edition of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, and his fiction includes A Voyage to India, in which a traveler leaves Lisbon for India by way of London and Paris, looking back on his past as he goes.