João Pedro Vala

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João Pedro Vala is a novelist, literary critic, translator and proofreader. He regularly collaborates with LER, Observador and Bam Bam Cinema. He published two novels: Grande Turismo (2022 – Finalist for the Eça de Queiroz Foundation Literary Prize) and Campo Pequeno (2024, Winner of the first edition of Prémio Wook Novos Autores), as well as Dicionário de Proust (2025), an adaptation of his doctoral thesis. The short story ‘Inês’, which forms the first chapter of his novel Grande Turismo, has just been awarded the PEN/O. Henry Award in the US.