As per our current Database, Mario Quintana has been died on May 5, 1994 (age 87).
When Mario Quintana die, Mario Quintana was 87 years old.
Popular As | Mario Quintana |
Occupation | Poet |
Age | 87 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Leo |
Born | July 30, 1906 (Brazil) |
Birthday | July 30 |
Town/City | Brazil |
Nationality | Brazil |
Mario Quintana’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Mario Quintana was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Remembered for Sapato Florido, Quintanares, Agua, and other acclaimed works of poetry, Quintana typically wrote about mortality and the passing of time and childhood.
He began his literary career as a columnist for the newspaper Correio do Povo. His debut poetry collection, A Rua dos Cataventos, was published in 1940.
He was the 1966 winner of the Brazilian Union of Writers' Book of the Year Award.
He grew up in Alegrete, Brazil, as the child of Virginia and Celso de Oliveira Quintana. For the majority of his life, he lived alone in hotels.
He translated Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway into Portuguese.