<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Mia Couto @ bloggingburt.blog-city.com</title><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Mia Couto) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 bloggingburt.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Mia Couto @ bloggingburt.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The Ten percent country by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_ten_percent_country_by_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_ten_percent_country_by_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ften%5Fpercent%5Fcountry%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Havia um país em que tudo funcionava na base dos dez por cento. Havia um país em que tudo funcionava na base dos dez por cento. Era o médico: - Mandas-me esse doente e eu pago-te 10%. Era a criança de rua para um candidato]]></description><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Carnation Revolution by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/carnation_revolution_by_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/carnation_revolution_by_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=carnation%5Frevolution%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following is a small article written by Mia Couto at the time of the celebration of 30 years of Mozambican Independence. It was published in Monde Diplomatique and translated by Gulliver Cragg. For copyright reasons, I will not paste the entire t]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_shortlisted_for_the_international_impac_dublin_lit.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_shortlisted_for_the_international_impac_dublin_lit.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fshortlisted%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Finternational%5Fimpac%5Fdublin%5Flit</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every time a chance presents itself to mention Mia Couto is a happy time for me. I just found out that Mia Couto (find my several postings on the Categories, left of the screen) has been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2]]></description><category>impac award</category><category>dublin</category><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Crime in Maputo by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/maputo.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/maputo.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maputo</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is another text by Mia Couto, imperfectly translated by me. I apologize for my obvious shortcomings.
The photo above was taken by João Nogueira and is part of his wonderful blog]]></description><category>maputo</category><category>joao nogueira</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Biography of Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_bio.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_bio.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fbio</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Biography of Mia Couto]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category><category>biography</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto and the Exercise of Modesty (II)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_and_the_exercise_of_modesty_ii.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_and_the_exercise_of_modesty_ii.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fexercise%5Fof%5Fmodesty%5Fii</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto and the Exercise of Modesty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_and_the_exercise_of_modesty.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_and_the_exercise_of_modesty.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fexercise%5Fof%5Fmodesty</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mia Couto and the Exercise of Modesty by Marilene FelintoThe main Mozambican writer says that he is older than his own country.Mia Couto, or António Emílio Leite Couto, 47, one of the most original voices of today's literature in Portuguese, is als]]></description><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>In the Past, was the Future Better? by Mia Couto (II)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_past_was_the_future_better_by_mia_couto_ii.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_past_was_the_future_better_by_mia_couto_ii.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fthe%5Fpast%5Fwas%5Fthe%5Ffuture%5Fbetter%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto%5Fii</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is the second part of the speech given by Mia Couto for the celebration of the 30 Years of Mozambique's Independence in Switzerland.]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>In the Past, was the Future Better? by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_past_was_the_future_better.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/in_the_past_was_the_future_better.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fthe%5Fpast%5Fwas%5Fthe%5Ffuture%5Fbetter</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coming back to my  favorite writer and personality, Mia Couto, I'll try to translate a speech delivered last June 16 before the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency DEZA, about the 30 year anniversary of the independence of Mozambique. Again I a]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Sophia Beal interviews Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/sophia_beal_interviews_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/sophia_beal_interviews_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sophia%5Fbeal%5Finterviews%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O Jogo das Reinvenções: Uma Entrevista com Mia CoutoPor Sophia Beal  Mia Couto é um dos mais importantes representantes da Literatura Moçambicana e Africana. A sua imaginação e a sua habilidade de captar os ecos de uma cultura riquíssima e co]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>sophia beal</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto: An Interview (III)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview_iii.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview_iii.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fan%5Finterview%5Fiii</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part 3 of an interview with Mia Couto, by scholar Celina Martins.Part I here and Part II here.---CM: Within the context of your company IMPACTO - Projectos e Estudos Ambientais (Environment Projects and Studies), you have already coordinated the work]]></description><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto: An Interview (II)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview_ii.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview_ii.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fan%5Finterview%5Fii</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second part of an interview to Mozambican writer Mia Couto, by Cecilia Martins:(Go to the First Part here and go to Part III here)CM: Ever since Voices Made Night was published, critics consider you one of the most significant fiction writers of the]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto: An Interview</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_an_interview.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fan%5Finterview</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is an interview with one of my favorite writers Mia Couto, by Celina Martins. I found it in Portuguese and translated it into English. I thank Celina Martins for the chance to know more about Mia Couto and I apologize for my mistakes and transla]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Mia Couto: Letter for President George W. Bush</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_letter_for_president_george_w_bush.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/mia_couto_letter_for_president_george_w_bush.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mia%5Fcouto%5Fletter%5Ffor%5Fpresident%5Fgeorge%5Fw%5Fbush</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is somewhat outdated because it has preceded the events that took place in Iraqu in the last 2 years. It is a letter written by Mozambican writer Mia Couto to President Bush when the talk about "weapons of mass destruction" was the the]]></description><category>letter</category><category>bush</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>The Last Flight of the Flamingo, by Mia Couto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_last_flight_of_the_flamingo_by_mia_couto.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/the_last_flight_of_the_flamingo_by_mia_couto.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flast%5Fflight%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fflamingo%5Fby%5Fmia%5Fcouto</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Last Flight of the Flamingo was first published in 2001 in Portuguese. Last year, the book has been published in English by Serpent's Tail Publishing House, translated by David Brookshaw.A review by Richard Bartlett here.Another review by Neil Ay]]></description><category>last</category><category>flamingo</category><category>flight</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>What is it for you to be African?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/what_is_it_for_you_to_be_african.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/what_is_it_for_you_to_be_african.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fis%5Fit%5Ffor%5Fyou%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fafrican</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is an interview given by Mia Couto, the loudest African voice,  to the Guardian on February 2, 2005. I found it posted to the newsgroup misc.activism.progressive by Riaz Tayob (all his postings to newsgroups here).Enemies, demons and dignity I]]></description><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>Everyman is a race</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/everyman_is_a_race.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/everyman_is_a_race.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=everyman%5Fis%5Fa%5Frace</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mia Couto will be on the blog over and over again. He is a young Mozambican author who will most likely continue to surprise his readers with fenomenal books. A new book, a collection of newspapers articles, has been published last May in Mozambique]]></description><category>africa</category><category>mozambique</category><category>mia couto</category></item><item><title>on race</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/on_race.htm</guid><link>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/on_race.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2003 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://bloggingburt.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=on%5Frace</comments><dc:creator>bloggingburt</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finishing George Pelecanos' book, Right as Rain, I got the impression that the social study out voiced the detective. Race is a major issue throughout the book. There is so much clarifying about who is what color that it becomes a bit excessive.May]]></description></item></channel></rss>