Joao Melo

João Melo is an Angolan writer and professor whose works have been published in Angola, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, and Cuba. His writing has been translated into English, French, German, Arabic, and Chinese. He is a founder of the Angolan Writer’s Association, and of the Angolan Academy of Literature and Social Sciences. He was a member of the Angolan parliament (1992–2017) and government minister (2017–2019) and was awarded the 2009 Angola Arts and Culture National Prize in Literature. He splits his time between Luanda, Lisbon and Houston.