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Mia Couto
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Mozambican writer
OverviewAI-generated
Mia Couto is a Mozambican writer, biologist, journalist, and novelist born in Beira on 5 July 1955. He writes in Portuguese and has worked for the publication *Tempo*. His notable works include *Terra Sonambula*, *O bebedor de horizontes*, *Sombras da Água*, and *O mapeador de ausências*.
Couto is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and has received the Camões Prize, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Order of Cultural Merit, and the FIL Award. He was educated at Eduardo Mondlane University and resides in Maputo.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 July 1955
- Works
- 98
Top works
- O mapeador de ausências
- O mapeador de ausencias
- O bebedor de horizontes
- Sombras da Água
- Terra Sonambula (Uma Terra sem amos)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Beira, Mozambique
Mia Couto, is among the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist. Besides writing, he is now a biologist and teaches at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. In 2013, Mia Couto was awarded the Camões Prize for Literature 2013 and the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2014. He was among…
Known for
- Plurais — Himself2024
- I Am the Author of My Name Mia Couto2019
- O Fascínio das Histórias2019
- Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo — Self2018
- Karingana - Licença para contar — Self2017
- Língua - Vidas em Português — Self2003
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- António Emílio Leite Couto , ( 1955-07-05 ) 5 July 1955 (age 70) , Beira, Mozambique
- Occupation
- Biologist and writer
- Nationality
- Mozambican
- Period
- Colonial & Post-colonial Africa
- Genre
- Animist realism, historical fiction
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mozambique
- Place of birth
- Beira
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Educated at
- Eduardo Mondlane University
- Languages spoken
- European Portuguese
- Image
- Mia Couto cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Maputo
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- Commons category
- Mia Couto
- date of birth
- 1955-01-01
- nominated for
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- member of
- Brazilian Academy of Letters
- writing language
- Portuguese
- nickname
- Mia
- art name
- Mia Couto
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life
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