List of Famous people with last name Callado

Antônio Callado

First Name Antônio

Last Name Callado

Born on January 26, 1917

Died on January 28, 1997 (aged 80)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Antônio Callado 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, was published in 1954, and his last, O homem cordial e outras histórias, 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.

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