Graciliano Ramos

Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953).

Born October 27th, 1892 in Quebrangulo.

Died March 20th, 1953 at 60 years old in Rio de Janeiro (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, journalist, linguist, novelist, politician, screenwriter, translator, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde