Jacinto Lucas Pires

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Jacinto Lucas Pires was born in Porto in 1974 and lives in Lisbon. He is a writer and a playwright. Oração a que Faltam Joelhos [Prayer Lacking Any Knees], his latest novel, came out in 2020 (by Porto Editora). It won the John Dos Passos Award. The True Actor (published in the US by Dzanc, translation by Jaime Braz and Dean Thomas Ellis) won the 2013 Domingos da Silva Teixeira Distinguished Literature Award for the best book published in Portugal in the past two years. Lucas Pires also won the prestigious Prémio Europa/David Mourão-Ferreira (Bari University, Italy/Instituto Camões, Portugal) in 2008. Doutor Doente [Doctor Disease], a stories collection, was published in 2021 (by Húmus). Ser ator em Portugal [Being an actor in Portugal], a non-fiction book (published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos), and Faz diferença [The difference it makes], a picture book with illustration by Alice Piaggio (published by Bruaá), came out in 2022 (it won the international prize White Raven 2023).  Jacinto Manupela is his musical alter ego (on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).     Photo by Paulo Goulert