Mia Couto
Mia Couto | |
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Couto at Fronteiras do Pensamento (2014) | |
| Born | António Emílio Leite Couto 5 July 1955 Beira, Mozambique |
| Occupation | Biologist and writer |
| Nationality | Mozambican |
| Period | Colonial & Post-colonial Africa |
| Genre | Animist realism, historical fiction |
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.