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Couto, Mia, 1955-

LC control no.n 86043126
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPQ9939.C68
Personal name headingCouto, Mia, 1955-
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Variant(s)קואוטו, מיה, 1955-
Leite Couto, António Emílio, 1955-
Couto, António Emílio Leite, 1955-
Other standard no.Q382101
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Associated countryMozambique
LocatedBeira (Mozambique)
Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)
Maputo (Mozambique)
Birth date1955-07-05
Place of birthBeira (Mozambique)
Field of activityNovels
Historical fiction
Short stories
Essays
Biology
Human ecology
Profession or occupationWriters
Novelists
Journalists
Authors
Teachers
Biologists
Environmental consultants
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Found inHis Vozes anoitecidas, 1986: t.p. (Mia Couto) p. 4 of cover (b. Beira, 1955)
Antes de nascer o mundo, 2009: back flap (studied medicine, then biology; currently dedicated to environmental studies; award-winning author of literature)
O último voo do flamingo, 2013: back cover flap (born 1955 in Beira, Moçambique; he was a journalist and teacher and currently, biologist and writer)
Couto, Mia. Woman of the ashes, 2018: page 255 (born in Beria, Mozambique in 1955; studied medicine and biology in Maputo; worked as a journalists and headed several Mozambican national newspapers and magazines; lives in Maputo where he works as a biologist)
Couto, Mia. Sea loves me, 2021: about the author (born in Beira, Mozambique, Mia Couto directed the Mozambican state news agency during the years following independence from Portugal. Since the late 1980s, he has worked as an environmental biologist and a writer; lives with his family in Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as an environmental consultant)
Wikipedia, October 11, 2022 (Mia Couto; António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), is a Mozambican writer; born in Beira, Mozambique, where he was also raised and schooled; in 1971, he moved to the capital Lourenço Marques (now Maputo); occupation: Biologist and writer; genre: Animist realism, historical fiction)
Equivalent(s)Couto, Mia, 1955-
National bib agency no.1032F1408E
Associated languagepor
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