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Mia Couto

Mia Couto is a writer and journalist born in Beira, Mozambique in 1955. He has published over twenty books, including Terra Sonâmbula (Sleepwalking Land), O Último Voo do Flamingo (The Last Flight of the Flamingo), A Varanda do Frangipani (Under the Frangipani) and Jesusalém (The Tuner of Silences), which was longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.