David Machado

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David Machado (born 1978) is a Portuguese writer. He was born in Lisbon and studied economics at ISEG Lisbon, before turning to writing as a full-time occupation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2015/david-machado |title=Bio |access-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903150945/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2015/david-machado |archive-date=2018-09-03 |url-status=dead }}

Machado first gained renown for his books for children, two of which won literary prizes. A Noite dos Animais Inventados won the Branquinho da Fonseca Prize in 2005, and O Tubarão na Banheira won the SPA/RTP Author Prize in 2010. In addition, he has published several novels and a short story collection titled Histórias Possíveis. In 2015, Machado won the EU Prize for Literature for his novel Indice Medio de Felicidade (Average Happiness Index).