Luís Cardoso
Luís Cardoso (born, 8 December 1958 in Cailaco) is a contemporary East Timorese writer. His work is written in Portuguese and has been translated into other languages including French and English. In 2021 he won the Prêmio Oceanos for his novel O Plantador de Abóboras[1].

Cardoso in 1992
His works include:
- Crónica de uma travessia – A época do ai-dik-funam (The Crossing) (1997)
- Olhos de Coruja, Olhos de Gato Bravo (2001)
- A última morte do Coronel Santiago (2003)
- Requiem para o navegador solitário (2007)
- O ano em que Pigafetta completou a circum-navegação (2012)
- Para onde vão os gatos quando morrem?: Uma parábola bíblica (2017)
- O Plantador de Abóboras (2021)
External links
- A língua da travessia
- Esperança, João Paulo et al. - O que é a lusofonia - Saida maka luzofonia. Díli, Instituto Camões, 2005
- Timothy Mo's review of The Crossing in The Guardian here
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