The jury of the 4th Mia Couto Literary Prize has announced the ten finalists for this year’s edition of the award, which is promoted by Cornelder de Moçambique in partnership with the Kulemba Association, with the aim of recognising and encouraging Mozambican literary production.
In the Poetry category, the selected works are A rapsódia das luzes by Julius Kazembe; Deus na ponta dos dedos by Lino Mukurruza; Nós todos em nós by Angelina Neves; Para espantar o horror do tempo by Ben Jone; and Utse by Sangare Okapi.
In the Short Story category, the finalists are A gota que fez transbordar o copo by Luís Nhambungué; Diário de um inútil by Bruno M. Areno; Mataram o nosso chefe by Victorino Ubisse; Mutiladas by Eduardo Quive; and O epitáfio do Josemar Araújo e outros contos do criador by Ernestino Maute.
The ceremony to announce the winning works is scheduled for 8 October in the city of Beira. The winner of each category will receive a monetary prize of 400,000 meticais.
This year’s edition received 63 submissions, of which 34 were entered in the Poetry category and 29 in the Short Story category. The works were published by 22 Mozambican publishing houses, reflecting the diversity of national literary output.
Created to stimulate literary creation and promote Mozambican writers, the Mia Couto Literary Prize has been establishing itself as one of the leading initiatives for the promotion of national literature.
Source: Diário Económico
Original article: https://www.diarioeconomico.co.mz/?p=538468
