Sea Loves Me: Mia Couto with José Eduardo Agualusa

Mia Couto and José Eduardo Agualusa

Sea Loves Me: Mia Couto with José Eduardo Agualusa

Mia Couto and José Eduardo Agualusa

6:00pm

Friday, October 22, 2021

Get close to Neustadt Prize-winning author Mia Couto and uncover his latest book, Sea Loves Me (translated to English by David Brookshaw, with Eric M.B. Becker), in this not-to-be-missed conversation with Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa. Known internationally for his novels, Mozambican author Couto first achieved success with his short stories. His new book celebrates the arc of his career, composed of 64 stories – 36 of which appear in English for the first time – from early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism, to magical tales of rural Africa, contemporary fables and more. A rare opportunity to hear “one of the greatest living writers in the Portuguese language” (The Millions).

This event will be presented in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Sea Loves Me: Mia Couto com José Eduardo Agualusa
22 de Outubro, 2021, às 18h00 (ET)

Venha conhecer o vencedor do Prémio Neustadt, o autor Mia Couto, e descubra o seu livro mais recente, Sea Loves Me, numa conversa imperdível com o escritor angolano José Eduardo Agualusa. Conhecido internacionalmente pelos seus romances, o autor moçambicano Mia Couto alcançou o sucesso pela primeira vez com os seus contos. O seu novo livro publicado em inglês celebra a sua trajetória literária e é composto por 64 histórias – 36 das quais aparecem em inglês pela primeira vez – desde as suas primeiras histórias, que refletem a dureza da vida sob o colonialismo português, até aos seus mais recentes contos mágicos sobre a África rural, fábulas contemporâneas, e muito mais. Este encontro constitui uma rara oportunidade para ouvir falar “Um dos maiores escritores vivos da língua portuguesa” (The Millions).

Este evento do Festival Internacional de Autores de Toronto será apresentado em português com legendas em inglês.

Conversation
Reading

Get close to Neustadt Prize-winning author Mia Couto and uncover his latest book, Sea Loves Me (translated to English by David Brookshaw, with Eric M.B. Becker), in this not-to-be-missed conversation with Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa. Known internationally for his novels, Mozambican author Couto first achieved success with his short stories. His new book celebrates the arc of his career, composed of 64 stories – 36 of which appear in English for the first time – from early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism, to magical tales of rural Africa, contemporary fables and more. A rare opportunity to hear “one of the greatest living writers in the Portuguese language” (The Millions).

This event will be presented in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Sea Loves Me: Mia Couto com José Eduardo Agualusa
22 de Outubro, 2021, às 18h00 (ET)

Venha conhecer o vencedor do Prémio Neustadt, o autor Mia Couto, e descubra o seu livro mais recente, Sea Loves Me, numa conversa imperdível com o escritor angolano José Eduardo Agualusa. Conhecido internacionalmente pelos seus romances, o autor moçambicano Mia Couto alcançou o sucesso pela primeira vez com os seus contos. O seu novo livro publicado em inglês celebra a sua trajetória literária e é composto por 64 histórias – 36 das quais aparecem em inglês pela primeira vez – desde as suas primeiras histórias, que refletem a dureza da vida sob o colonialismo português, até aos seus mais recentes contos mágicos sobre a África rural, fábulas contemporâneas, e muito mais. Este encontro constitui uma rara oportunidade para ouvir falar “Um dos maiores escritores vivos da língua portuguesa” (The Millions).

Este evento do Festival Internacional de Autores de Toronto será apresentado em português com legendas em inglês.

Conversation
Reading

Featured Authors

Mia Couto
Mia Couto, born in Beira, Mozambique, 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. Couto is the author of more than thirty books, which have been published in thirty-five countries. He has won major literary prizes including the 2013 Camōes Prize and the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He was a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize and the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Mia Couto lives with his family in Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as an environmental consultant.

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José Eduardo Agualusa
José Eduardo Agualusa is considered one of Africa’s most important writers. Both as a novelist and a reporter, Agualusa has become an important voice of his country. He has a weekly column in the prestigious Brazilian newspaper O Globo. His novel A General Theory of Oblivion was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 and was awarded the International Dublin Literary Award 2017. José Eduardo Agualusa is the winner of the National Prize for Culture and Arts in Angola 2019 in the area of literature. The jury underlined his contribution “to the emergence of the emancipated reader” and “to the strengthening of citizenship and freedom of expression.”

Read more about José Eduardo Agualusa

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