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Jan 26, 1917 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Died on 28 Jan 1997 (aged 80)
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About Antônio Callado
- Antônio Callado (26 January 1917 – 28 January 1997) was a Brazilian journalist, playwright, and novelist.
- Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Callado studied law, then worked as a journalist in London for the BBC's Brazilian Service from 1941 to 1947.
- Callado began writing fiction in the 1950s.
- His first novel, A assunção de Salviano (The Assumption of Salviano), was published in 1954, and his last, O homem cordial e outras histórias (Men of Feeling and Other Stories), came out in 1993.
- Quarup (1967) is regarded as his most famous work.
- Callado has received literary prizes that include the Golfinho de Ouro, the Prêmio Brasília, and the Goethe Prize for fiction for Sempreviva (1981).
- He died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 80.
