José Eduardo Agualusa was born in Angola in 1960 and currently resides on Mozambique Island. Of Portuguese and Brazilian descent, he is well known for his writings both in Angola and the rest of the Portuguese-speaking world. His work has been translated into 25 languages and garnered worldwide critical acclaim. He recently won the International Dublin Literary Award for A General Theory of Oblivion. The prize, including the amount of 100.000 euros, enabled him to realize a long-time dream: building a public library on Mozambique. Agualusa’s work blends history and fiction, powered by the belief that history can help us understand the present. His latest book appeared in 2018. The title translates as ‘The Society of Involuntary Dreamers’.