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João Guimarães Rosa

Brazilian novelist (1908-1967).

Born June 27th, 1908 in Cordisburgo. [ref]

Died November 19th, 1967 at 59 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]

Occupations
Esperantist, diplomat, novelist, physician, physician writer, poet, prosaist, writer

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather