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  <name><![CDATA[Mia Couto]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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), &quot;one of the best 12 African books of the 20th century.&quot;

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.

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  <title><![CDATA[Sleepwalking Land]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Varanda De Frangipani]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Um Rio Chamado Tempo, Uma Casa Chamada Terra]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Estórias abensonhadas: Contos]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Every Man Is a Race (African Writers Series)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jesusalém]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[O Outro Pé da Sereia]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[O Fio Das Missangas]]></title>
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