Ziraldo Alves Pinto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ziraldo Alves Pinto

Cartoonist, writer, illustrator

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1932

Place of Birth: Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Profession: writer, playwright, comics artist, painter, cartoonist, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born October 24, 1932), usually referred to mononymically as Ziraldo, is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist.
His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema.
His children's books, such as the popular O Menino Maluquinho, have also been the basis of successful films and television series in Brazil. He and other progressive artists created the non-conformist comic newspaper O Pasquim during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil.