Adelino Albano Luís won Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024 in Beira, Mozambique on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
Prémio Literário Mia Couto (English: Mia Couto Literary Prize) was set up in honour of Beira’s foremost literary export, Mozambique author Mia Couto. Couto has written numerous books which gave him awards like the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014. The prize was aimed at stimulating quality literary production in the country and annually distinguishing the best works of poetry and prose.
The members of the jury for the 2024 edition are Lourenço do Rosário (president), Teresa Manjate, Ondjaki, Marcelo Panguana, and Tânia Macedo. They announced the finalists on July 15 before the winning text was revealed to be Estórias trazidas pela ventania by Adelino Albano Luís yesterday. No winner was recognised in the poetry category.
The winner will be conferred his winnings, a cash prize of around 400,000 MZN (four hundred thousand meticais) financed by the company Cornelder de Moçambique, at an award ceremony in Beira on September 12.
Read more about the win over at our friends at Catalogus here.
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