Mia
Couto
Mia Couto, born in Beira, Mozambique, in 1955, is one of the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist and headed several Mozambican national newspapers and magazines. Couto has been awarded many important literary prizes, including the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Premio Camões, the Prémio Vergílio Ferreira, the Prémio União Latina de Literaturas Românicas, and others.
He lives in Maputo, where he works as a biologist.
Mia Couto, born in Beira, Mozambique, in 1955, is one of the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist and headed several Mozambican national newspapers and magazines. Couto has been awarded many important literary prizes, including the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Premio Camões, the Prémio Vergílio Ferreira, the Prémio União Latina de Literaturas Românicas, and others.
He lives in Maputo, where he works as a biologist.
