Mia Couto

Mia Couto is among the most prominent writers in Portuguesespeaking Africa After studying medicine and biology in Maputo he worked as a journalist Besides writing he is now a biologist and teaches at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo In 2013 Mia Couto was awarded the Camões Prize for Literature 2013 and the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2014 He was among the six finalists of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 with his body of work and 2017 his novel CONFESSION OF THE LIONESS was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award His books have been published in over 30 countries