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Mia Couto

Neustadt in the News: April 2016

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Amit Majmudar, David Malouf, Don Paterson, Jordan Tannahill, Mia Couto, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Pablo Neruda, Tomas Transtromer, Valeria Luiselli

Vera B. Williams’ art exhibit, Neustadt writers reviewed, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Art Exhibit, Book Review, Don Paterson, Mia Couto, Vera B. Williams

Africa’s celebrated rebel novelist, Hispanic Heritage Month, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Gabriel García Márquez, Kamau Brathwaite, Man Booker Prize, Mia Couto, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Octavio Paz

Book reviews, infographics, and more

Guadalupe Nettel

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Book Reviews, Caryl Churchill, Colm Toibin, David Brookshaw, Erdal Oz Literary Prize, Guadalupe Nettel, infographic, Inspiration, Irish Literature Translation Prize, Literary Festivals, Mia Couto, Orhan Pamuk, Quotes, Reykjavik International Literary Festival

Gabriel García Márquez’s ashes, literary prizes, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Arab Ameircan Book Award, Art, Book Review, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Elizabeth Bishop, Emma Fitzgerald, Exhibit, Gabriel García Márquez, Ge Fei, Interview, Ireland, James Tait Black Literary Prize, Jin Yucheng, Li Peifu, Literary Landmarks, Literary Map, Mao Dun Literature Prize, Mia Couto, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Rabih Alameddine, Su Tong, Wang Meng, Zia Haider

Arab American book awards, book reviews, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: 2015 International Latino Book Award, Arab American Book Award, Book Museums, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Literature, Latin American authors, Latino, Literary Museums, Mia Couto, Museums, Naomi Shihab Nye, Patricia Grace, Poetry, Poetry Reading, Video, Wang Ping

Man Booker Prize, literary beasts, and more

Elizabeth Bishop

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: African Literature, Art, Book Art, Book Exhibits, Book Review, Carol Laing, David Malouf, Elizabeth Bishop, Literary Awards, Man Booker International Prize, Mia Couto, Rebecca Walkowitz, Salman Rushdie, Submissions, The British Library, Translation

Literary festivals, reviews, and more

Jordan Tannahill

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: African Literature, Book Review, Caryl Churchill, Contests, E. L. Doctorow, Etisalat Prize for Literature, Festival, Jordan Tannahill, Literary Festival, Mia Couto, Naomi Shihab Nye, Plays, Poetry, Review

Neustadt author reviews, vacation-reading infographic, and more

Can Xue

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Camoes Prize for literature in Portuguese, Can Xue, Caryl Churchill, Colm Toibin, Elizabeth Bishop, Gabriel García Márquez, Helia Correia, infographic, Mia Couto, National Translation Awards, Padma Viswanathan, Play, Reviews, Shaw Festival

Neustadt book reviews, diversity in children’s literature, and more

Amit Majmudar

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Adil Hasan, Amit Majmudar, Asian American Literature, Book Reviews, Caine Prize, Caryl Churchill, Children's Literature, Classic Literature, Diversity, Don Paterson, Guadalupe Nettel, Literary Art, Mia Couto, Namwali Serpell, Octavio Paz, Photography, Plays, Porochista Khakpour, Reading Lists, Wang Ping

Cultural identity, author letters, waterproof books, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Amos Oz, Caryl Churchill, Colombia, David Hackett Fischer, Fun, Gabriel García Márquez, Germany International Literature Prize, Kickstarter, Letters About Literature, Library of Congress, Literary, Macbeth, Mark Twain, Mia Couto, Mirjam Pressler, Mozambique, Play, Sun Tzu, W. B. Yeats, Waterproof books, William Shakespeare

Neustadt jury, summer reads, and more

2016 Neustadt Prize Jury

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Adriaan van Dis, Don Watson, Gabriel García Márquez, Ibtisam Barakat, Literary Prizes, Mia Couto, Neustadt Prize, Reading Lists, Summer Reads, Wu Ming-yi

The Nepal earthquake, Urdu literature, and more

Samrat Upadhyay

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam Vietnam, Book Reviews, Elizabeth Bishop, Jacob Zuma, Mia Couto, Nepal, Poetry, Poetry Festival, Samrat Upadhyay, South Africa, Urdu

Mia Couto’s open letter, environmental lit, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Ananda Devi, Children's Lit, Children's Literature, Earth Day, Emily Bitto, Mia Couto, Nigeria Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize, Stellar Prize

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 2024 – Ananda Devi

  • 2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

  • 2020 – Ismail Kadare

  • 2018 – Edwidge Danticat

  • 2016 – Dubravka Ugrešić

  • 2014 – Mia Couto

  • 2012 – Rohinton Mistry

  • 2010 – Duo Duo

  • 2008 – Patricia Grace

  • 2006 – Claribel Alegría

  • 2004 – Adam Zagajewski

  • 2002 – Álvaro Mutis

  • 2000 – David Malouf

  • 1998 – Nuruddin Farah

  • 1996 – Assia Djebar

  • 1994 – Kamau Brathwaite

  • 1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto

  • 1990 – Tomas Tranströmer

  • 1988 – Raja Rao

  • 1986 – Max Frisch

  • 1984 – Paavo Haavikko

  • 1982 – Octavio Paz

  • 1980 – Josef Škvorecký

  • 1978 – Czesław Miłosz

  • 1976 – Elizabeth Bishop

  • 1974 – Francis Ponge

  • 1972 – Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti

NSK Laureates

  • 2023 – Gene Luen Yang

  • 2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • 2019 – Margarita Engle

  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

  • 2003 – Mildred D. Taylor

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