Mia Couto

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Leite and the second or paternal family name is 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.