Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa.
He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist and runs the Mozambique part of the Kruger National Park..
He has been active as a journalist and during the revolutionary struggle headed the AIM news agency.
Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa