This is a list of Mozambican writers.
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Paulina Chiziane (1955– ), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer
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Mia Couto
António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Liter ...
(1955– ), novelist and short story writer
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José Craveirinha
José Craveirinha (28 May 1922 – 6 February 2003) was a Mozambican journalist, story writer and poet, who is today considered the greatest poet of Mozambique. His poems, written in Portuguese, address such issues as racism and the Portuguese co ...
(1922–2003), Portuguese-language poet
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Luis Bernardo Honwana (1942– ), Portuguese-language short story writer
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Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
Francisco Esaú Cossa (pseudonym Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, also spelled as Ungulani ba ka Khosa) is a Mozambican writer born on August 1, 1957, in Inhaminga, Sofala Province. Khosa completed elementary school in Sofala, and high school in Zambezia. ...
(1957– ), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer
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Fátima Langa (1953–2017), children's book author in Portuguese and various Bantu languages
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Lina Magaia (1940s–2011), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer
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Luis Bernardo Malangatana (1936– ), poet and autobiographical writer
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Orlando Marques de Almeida Mendes (1916–1990), Portuguese-language novelist
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Lília Momplé (1935– ), Portuguese-language fiction writer
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Eduardo Mondlane
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was the President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962, the year that FRELIMO was founded in Tanzania, until his assassination in 1969. Born in Mozambique, h ...
(1924–1969), politician and autobiographical writer
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Amélia Muge (1952– ), writer and singer
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Rui de Noronha (1909–1943), poet
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Glória de Santana (1925–2009), poet
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Marcelino dos Santos (1929–2020), poet
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Castro Soromenho (1910–1968), journalist, novelist and short story writer
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Noémia de Sousa
Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares, known as Noémia de Sousa (20 September 1926 – 4 December 2002),Anita De Melo"Noémia de Sousa" in ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: African Lusophone Writers''. was a poet from Mozambique who wrote i ...
(1926–2003), Portuguese-language poet
See also
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List of African writers by country
References
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