Eduardo Costley White was born in Quelimane (Mozambique) on November 21, 1963.

He joined a literary group that founded the Charrua Magazine in 1984. Along with other poets, he also collaborated with the Gazeta de Letras e Artes da Revista Tempo, a publication whose importance, as well as Charrua, was indisputable for the development of Mozambican literature.

Through these journals, an intimate poetic maker was affirmed, characterized by existential and universalizing concern.

He collaborated with the Portuguese-speaking press and is the author of the following books:

• Love About Indian, Association of Mozambican Writers (1984);
• Homoine, Association of Mozambican Writers (1987);
• The Country of Me, Association of Mozambican Writers 1989 (Prémio Gazeta de Arte e Letras da Revista Tempo);
• Poems of Flying Science and Engineering of Being Ave, Editorial Caminho, 1992 (National Poetry Award);
• The Love Materials followed by Challenge to Sadness, Maputo, Ndjira/Lisboa, Ed. Caminho (1996);
• Window to the East, Ed. Caminho (1999);
• Sleeping with God and a Ship in the Tongue, Braga, Ed. Labyrinth (2001);
• Literary Figure of the Year Award (2001);
• The Spokes of the Scorpion, Maputo Press Universitária (2002);
• Faces of Portuguese Language, Maputo, Camões Institute (2003);
• The Handbook, Field of Letters (2004);
• The Shadow Man and the Flower and Some Interior Letters, Maputo, University Press (2004);
• TVZINE Award (2004);
• Literature Award José Craveirinha (2004); Until tomorrow, Heart, Maputo, University Press (2005);
• Rui de Noronha Award, F (2005);
• The Escape and Humid Writing of Love, Maputo, Text Editors (2008);
• From the lemons of phallus to red oranges of Vulva, Porto, Lisbon (2009);
• The Libreto da Miséria, Teatro Avenida (2010), Dancing with the Rain, Contemporary Dance, Cultural Center of EMU (2011);
• Nudos Anthropology Poética, Maputo, Scope Editors (2011);
• Lunar Mechanics and Unsettled Writing, Maputo, Text Editors (2012);
• The Libret of Misery, Maputo, Text Editors (2012) and The Diarist Poet and Disillusioned Ascetics, by Reach Editors (2012).

He also wrote for the newspaper Zambéze, Canal de Moçambique, Independent Magazine, Mozambique and Revista Tempos Livres, Lisbon, Portugal. His poetry has been exhibited at the Val-du-Marne Museum in Paris since 1989.