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Monteiro Lobato
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Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
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Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
- Monteiro Lobato: vírgula, ponto e vírgula1996
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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
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renato
- Official name
- José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Taubaté
- Place of death
- São Paulo
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Educated at
- University of São Paulo
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Monteiro Lobato.jpg
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- Commons category
- Monteiro Lobato
- date of birth
- 1882-04-18
- date of death
- 1948-07-04
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- José Renato Monteiro Lobato
- pseudonym
- Monteiro Lobato
- place of burial
- Consolação Cemetery
- described at URL
- www.unicamp.br/iel/monteirolobato/outros/AnnaOsoriodeCastro.pdf
- Commons Creator page
- Monteiro Lobato
- writing language
- Spanish
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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.
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