This is a list of Mozambican writers. *

Paulina Chiziane Paulina "Poulli" Chiziane (born 4 June 1955, Manjacaze, southern province of Gaza Province, Gaza, Mozambique) is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. She was awarded the 2021 Camões Prize for literature, awarded to w ...

(1955– ), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer *

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 Litera ...

(1955– ), novelist and short story writer *

José Craveirinha José Craveirinha (28 May 19226 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 col ...

(1922–2003), Portuguese-language poet * Luis Bernardo Honwana (1942– ), Portuguese-language short story writer * Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (1957– ), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer * Fátima Langa (1953–2017), children's book author in Portuguese and various Bantu languages * Lina Magaia (1940s–2011), Portuguese-language novelist and short-story writer *

Malangatana Ngwenya Malangatana Valente Ngwenya (6 June 1936 – 5 January 2011) was a Mozambican painter and poet. He frequently exhibited work under his first name alone, as Malangatana. He died on 5 January 2011 in Matosinhos, Portugal. Life Born in Matalana, ...

(1936–2011), poet and autobiographical writer * Orlando Marques de Almeida Mendes (1916–1990), Portuguese-language novelist * Lília Momplé (1935– ), Portuguese-language fiction writer *

Eduardo Mondlane Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropologist who was the founder of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). He served as the FRELIMO's first leader until his assassinat ...

(1924–1969), politician and autobiographical writer *

Amélia Muge Amélia Muge (full name is Maria Amélia Salazar Muge, born 1952) is a Mozambique-born Portuguese singer, instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist.Sandra Ponzanesi, Daniela Merolla, ''Migrant Cartographies: new cultural and literary spaces in pos ...

(1952– ), writer and singer * Rui de Noronha (1909–1943), poet * Glória de Santana (1925–2009), poet *

Marcelino dos Santos Marcelino dos Santos (20 May 1929 – 11 February 2020) was a Mozambique, Mozambican poet, revolutionary, and politician. As a young man he travelled to Portugal, and France for an education. He was a founding member of the FRELIMO, ''Frente de ...

(1929–2020), poet * Castro Soromenho (1910–1968), journalist, novelist and short story writer *

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 ...

(1926–2003), Portuguese-language poet

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Mozambican Mozambican may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa * A person from Mozambique, or of Mozambican descent: ** Demographics of Mozambique ** Culture of Mozambique ** List of Mozambicans * Mozambic ...

Writers A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stori ...

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