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Paulina Chiziane

1955 - Today

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Paulina "Poulli" Chiziane (born 4 June 1955, Manjacaze, southern province of 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 writers from Portuguese-speaking countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Paulina Chiziane is the 5,934th most popular writer (up from 6,005th in 2024), the 33rd most popular biography from Mozambique (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mozambican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paulina Chiziane ranks 5,934 out of 7,302. Before her are Fredrik Backman, David S. Goyer, Zoltán Ambrus, Kristina Brenk, Conrad Aiken, and Ismat Chughtai. After her are Sarah Waters, Archibald MacLeish, Michael Drayton, Marc Connelly, Giorgio Faletti, and Theodore Roethke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Paulina Chiziane ranks 442. Before her are Michael Steele, Matthias Herget, Butch Vig, Yitang Zhang, Juha Tiainen, and Joanna Hoffman. After her are Geoffrey Hull, Guillermo Navarro, Jan Poortvliet, Zdravko Zovko, Djoomart Otorbaev, and Kazuro Watanabe.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Paulina Chiziane ranks 33 out of 38. Before her are Vicente Lucas (1935), Hilário (1939), Marcelino dos Santos (1929), Afonso Dhlakama (1953), António Calvário (1938), and José Rodrigues dos Santos (1964). After her are Daniel Chapo (1977), Alberto Vaquina (1961), Reinildo Mandava (1994), Maria Benvinda Levy (1969), Armando Sá (1975), and Simão Mate Junior (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Mozambique

Among writers born in Mozambique, Paulina Chiziane ranks 4. Before her are Mia Couto (1955), José Craveirinha (1922), and José Rodrigues dos Santos (1964).

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