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Mia Couto

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Mia Couto

Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the AIM news agency in Maputo. He now lives in Maputo, where he works as an environmental biologist.

Articles by Mia Couto

Old Man with Garden at the Rear End of Time
By Mia Couto
Every night, seat and man, wood and flesh, cuddle up together
Translated from Portuguese by David Brookshaw
The Fat Indian Girl
By Mia Couto
She reclined on her bed cylindrically, unable to move, filling the feathery fabric with fluff.
Translated from Portuguese by David Brookshaw