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António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014.
Mar 11, 2023 · MAPUTO, Mozambique — Sipping sparkling water in an upscale neighborhood of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, Mia Couto, arguably the best-known writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa, leaned back to...
Jul 7, 2020 · Mia Couto is an author and environmental biologist from Mozambique. The second novel of his Sands of the Emperor trilogy, “The Sword and the Spear,” is forthcoming this year. Sophy...
Couto was born António Emílio Leite Couto. He won the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature, one of the most prestigious international awards honoring the work of Portuguese language writers (created in 1989 by Portugal and Brazil).
Jun 20, 2024 · Born in the coastal city of Beira in 1955 to Portuguese immigrants escaping the repression of Salazar's ‘New State’, Mia Couto originally studied medicine before turning his attention to journalism and the communist anti-colonial guerrilla movement, FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique).
May 22, 2021 · Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. The idea of World literature is currently enjoying something of a resurgence in academia. What do you think of it as a concept? Is it more helpful than other, perhaps more familiar forms of categorization, such as African literature or postcolonial literature?
May 2, 2013 · Born in 1955 in Mozambique, to Portuguese immigrants, Mia Couto is widely considered one of the foremost wielders of the Portuguese language. He has written more than twenty books that have been translated into at least as many languages, and those translated into English since 1990 have garnered him a dedicated Anglophone following.
