João Reis

João Reis (1985) is a Portuguese writer and literary translator. His books are published in Portugal, the USA, Brazil, Serbia, and Georgia. He writes both in Portuguese and English.

The Translator's Bride was his first work to be translated into English, and his novel Bedraggling Grandma with Russian Snow was longlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.

He's also the author of The Devastation of Silence (longlisted for Prémio Oceanos 2019, published in English in November 2022), Quando Servi Gil Vicente (shortlisted for Prémio Fernando Namora 2020), Se com Pétalas ou Ossos (2021), Cadernos da Água (2022, shortlisted for Prémio Fernando Namora and Prémio Fundação Eça de Queiroz), and An Atavic Fear of Hailstorms (2023).