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Mia Couto was born on 5 July, 1955 in Beira, Mozambique, is a Biologist and writer. At 65 years old, Mia Couto height not available right now. We will update Mia Couto's height soon as possible.

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Occupation Biologist and writer
Mia Couto Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 5 July 1955
Birthday 5 July
Birthplace Beira, Mozambique
Nationality Mozambican

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His wife is Patrícia Couto

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Wife Patrícia Couto
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Children Maydo Dawany, Rita Couto

Mia Couto Net Worth

He net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-22. So, how much is Mia Couto worth at the age of 67 years old? Mia Couto’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Mozambican. We have estimated Mia Couto's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2022 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2007

An international jury at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair named his first novel, Terra Sonâmbula (Sleepwalking Land), one of the best 12 African books of the 20th century. In 2007, he became the first African author to win the prestigious Latin Union literary prize, which has been awarded annually in Italy since 1990. Mia Couto became only the fourth writer in the Portuguese language to take home this prestigious award, having competed against authors from Portugal, France, Colombia, Spain, Italy, and Senegal. Currently, he is a biologist employed by the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park while continuing his work on other writing projects.

1998

In 1998, Couto was elected into the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the first African writer to receive such an honor.

1974

In April 1974, after the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon and the overthrow of the Estado Novo regime, Mozambique was about to become an independent republic. In 1974, FRELIMO asked Couto to suspend his studies for a year to work as a journalist for Tribuna until September 1975 and then as the director of the newly created Mozambique Information Agency (AIM). Later, he ran Tempo magazine until 1981. His first book of poems, Raiz de Orvalho, was published in 1983; it included texts aimed against the dominance of Marxist militant propaganda. Couto continued working for the newspaper Notícias until 1985 when he resigned to finish his course of study in biology.

1955

António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), 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.

1950

Couto was born in the city of Beira, Mozambique's third largest city, where he was also raised and schooled. He is the son of Portuguese emigrants who moved to the Portuguese colony in the 1950s. When he was 14, some of his poetry was published in a local newspaper, Notícias da Beira. Three years later, in 1971, he moved to the capital Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) and began to study medicine at the University of Lourenço Marques. During this time, the anti-colonial guerrilla and political movement FRELIMO was struggling to overthrow the Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique.