Antônio Olinto

Antônio Olinto

Olinto in 2003
Born Antônio Olinto Marques da Rocha
(1919-05-10)10 May 1919
Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died 12 September 2009(2009-09-12) (aged 90)
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation Novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, translator
Nationality Brazil Brazilian
Ethnicity White

Antônio Olinto Marques da Rocha (May 10, 1919 – September 12, 2009) was a Brazilian writer, essayist and translator.

Among his work are included poetry, novels, literary criticism, political analysis, children's literature and dictionaries.

He occupied the 8th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1997 until his death in 2009.

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    Preceded by
    Antônio Callado
    Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 8th chair
    1997 — 2009     		Succeeded by
    Cleonice Berardinelli


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