Mia Couto
António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto, 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Beira
- Educated at
- Eduardo Mondlane University
- Awards
- 🏆 Neustadt International Prize for Literature🏆 Camões Prize🏆 FIL Award🏆 Prix Tropiques🏆 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
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1955
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