João Luís Barreto Guimarães was born in Porto, Portugal (June, 3rd, 1967) where he
graduated in Medicine. He is a Poet (as well as a Breast Reconstructive Surgeon). Author of
10 books since 1989, including the first 7 in Collected Poetry (2011), You Are Here (2013),
Mediterranean (2016) – chosen as National Poetry Award “António Ramos Rosa” 2017 and
edited in spanish – and Nomad (2018). He is also a translator, a chronicler and a blogger,
mainly for his blog Ilimited Poetry (Poesia & Lda). His work is published in anthologies
in Portugal, Brazil, United States, Germany, Austria, Italy, México, Dominican Republic,
Croatia, Montenegro (forthcoming in Bulgaria), as well as in literary magazines in Portugal,
Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, United Kingdom, Macedonia, Brazil, México and the United
States. He read at literary Festivals in Spain, México, Croatia and USA.