Mia Couto

Mia Couto
Mia Couto at Fronteiras do Pensamento (2014)
Mia Couto at Fronteiras do Pensamento (2014)
BornAntónio Emílio Leite Couto
5 July 1955
Beira, Mozambique
OccupationBiologist and writer
NationalityMozambican
PeriodColonial & Post-colonial Africa
GenreAnimist realism, historical fiction

António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955),[1] is a Mozambican writer.[2] 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.

  1. ^ Groot, Ger (1 September 2016). "Magie in tijden van oorlog" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Mia Couto: The Mozambican author who turned his back on colonialism". BBC News. 18 August 2024.