Gon ç alo Manuel AlbuquerqueTavares, Portuguese poet and writer, better known as Gonçalo M. Tavares, was born in Luanda in 1970, but after the Angolan war for independence, he moved with his family to Aveiro, a city in the north of Portugal, where he spent his childhood. The first act published in 2001 and since then has received all the most important literary awards for writers who create on in the Portuguese language, including the award “ Jose Saramago. ” His works have been published in over fifty years countries served ​ are also an inspiration for theater and dance pieces, radio dramas, short films and works of art art , artistic video projects and performances, as well as architectural projects and academic theses. His novel Jeruzalem is listed is in the European edition of the book 1001 a book you must read before before you die – chronologically ​ guide​ through the most important novels of all time.