João Cabral de Melo Neto

Brazilian writer (1920-1999).

Born January 9th, 1920 in Recife.

Died October 9th, 1999 at 79 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Occupations
diplomat, playwright, poet, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel