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Also known as José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato

Brazilian writer (1882–1948)

Person · Open Library

Born
18 April 1882
Died
4 July 1948
Works
99

Top works

  • Os doze trabalhos de Hércules - II / Histórias diversas
  • Os doze trabalhos de Hércules - I
  • História das invenções / Dom Quixote das Crianças
  • Die Abenteuer von Lúcia
  • Caçadas de Pedrinho

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Spain
Active from
1927
Active to
2009
flamenco

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
54
Total plays
1,624

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Monteiro+Lobato">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1882-04-18 ) 18 April 1882, Taubaté , Empire of Brazil
Died
4 July 1948 (1948-07-04) (aged 66), São Paulo , Brazil
Pen name
Monteiro Lobato
Occupation
Novelist, journalist, publisher
Genre
Fiction, Children's literature
Literary movement
Modernism

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato ( Portuguese: [mõˈtejɾu loˈbatu]; 18 April 1882 – 4 July 1948) was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Farm) but he had been previously a prolific writer of fiction, a translator and an art critic. He also founded one of Brazil's first publishing houses (Companhia Editora Nacional) and was a supporter of nationalism.

Lobato was born in Taubaté, São Paulo. He is best known for a set of educational but entertaining children's books, which comprise about half of his production. The other half, consisting of a number of novels and short tales for adult readers, was less popular but marked a watershed in Brazilian literature.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monteiro Lobato” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.