Diná Silveira de Queirós, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Diná Silveira de Queirós

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1911

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1982

Profession: writer, biographer, journalist, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dinah Silveira Ribeiro, better known as Diná Silveira de Queirós (November 9, 1911 in São Paulo – November 27, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian writer of novels, short stories, and chronicles.
She published her main works between 1939 and 1955.
Silveira de Queirós was a Machado de Assis Prize laureate and the "second woman to be elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters".
Her novel, A Muralha was the basis for the Brazilian telenovela, A Muralha.