Paulo Leminski

Brazilian poet.

Born August 24th, 1944 in Curitiba.

Died June 7th, 1989 at 44 years old in Curitiba (liver cirrhosis).

Occupations
biographer, composer, journalist, judoka, poet, professor, translator, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner