Mia Couto





Mia Couto

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born
July 05, 1955 in Beira, Mozambique

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Journalist and a biologist, his works in Portuguese have been published in more than 22 countries and have been widely translated. Couto was born António Emílio Leite Couto.

An international jury at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair called his first novel, Terra Sonâmbula (Sleepwalking Land), "one of the best 12 African books of the 20th century."

In April 2007, he became the first African author to win the prestigious Latin Union Award of Romanic Languages, which has been awarded annually in Italy since 1990.

Stylistically, his writing is heavily influenced by magical realism, a style popular in modern Latin American literature, and his use of language is inventive and reminiscent of Guimarães Rosa.

(Português)
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Average rating: 3.91 · 1,437 ratings · 117 reviews · 41 distinct works
Sleepwalking Land
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions
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Jesusalém
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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O Último Voo Do Flamingo (O...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
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Venenos de Deus, Remédios d...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Um Rio Chamado Tempo, Uma C...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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A Varanda Do Frangipani
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
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Estórias Abensonhadas
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 70 ratings2 editions
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O Outro Pé da Sereia
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Mar me Quer
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2000
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O Fio das Missangas (Outras...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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“Quem viveu pregado a um só chão não sabe sonhar outros lugares.”
Mia Couto, Jesusalém

“A vida é demasiado preciosa para ser esbanjada num mundo desencantado.”
Mia Couto, Jesusalém

“But in the end, there will still be a morning like this one, full of new light, and a distant voice will be heard, like a memory of before we became people. And the tones of a song will well up, the gentle lull of the first mother. This song, yes indeed, will be ours, the memory of a deep root that they were unable to wrench out of us. This voice will give us the strength for a new beginning, and upon hearing it, the corpses will find peace in their graves and the survivors will embrace life with the simple joy of young lovers. All this will happen if we are able to rid ourselves of this time that has made animals out of us. Let us strive to die like the people we no longer are.”
Mia Couto

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