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João Cabral de Melo Neto

1920 - 1999

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João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the only Brazilian poet to receive such award to date. He was considered until his death a perennial competitor for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Melo Neto's works are noted for the rigorous, yet inventive attention they pay to the formal aspects of poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João Cabral de Melo Neto is the 5,085th most popular writer (down from 5,039th in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 585th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among writers, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 5,085 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriel Miró, Hermann Kant, Yulia Drunina, María Teresa León, Julia Alvarez, and Fernando Vallejo. After him are Andrea Maffei, Robert Charles Wilson, Bertalan Szemere, Latifa al-Zayyat, Michael Bishop, and Manuel Machado.

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Among people born in 1920, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 329. Before him are Claude Cheysson, Tony Crook, Raymond Salles, Bohumil Kudrna, Hans Gerschwiler, and Gesualdo Bufalino. After him are Vincentas Sladkevičius, Alf Kjellin, Jens Bjørneboe, Mario Cecchi Gori, Alfonso Thiele, and Tatyana Makarova. Among people deceased in 1999, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 214. Before him are Lloyd La Beach, Rick Danko, Hideo Itokawa, Birgit Cullberg, Celso Torrelio, and Sarah Kane. After him are Alain Peyrefitte, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Robert Douglas, Lester Bowie, Gorilla Monsoon, and Kirk Alyn.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 611 out of 2,236. Before him are Joaquim Nabuco (1849), Levir Culpi (1953), Jô Soares (1938), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Juninho Paulista (1973), and Jô (1987). After him are Eike Batista (1956), Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Cecília Meireles (1901), Tinoco (1904), and Noel Rosa (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, João Cabral de Melo Neto ranks 29. Before him are Gonçalves Dias (1823), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Nélida Piñon (1937), Olavo Bilac (1865), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), and Manuel Bandeira (1886). After him are João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Erico Verissimo (1905), Castro Alves (1847), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), and Casimiro de Abreu (1839).

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