Luiz Pacheco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luiz Pacheco

Portuguese writer

Date of Birth: 07-May-1925

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2008

Profession: writer, editor, literary critic

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Luiz Pacheco (May 7, 1925 in Lisbon – January 5, 2008 in Montijo) was a writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic (mainly of Portuguese literature).
He was proudest of his work as a publisher.
The publishing house Contraponto, his creation, released works by many previously unpublished Portuguese writers (Herberto Helder, Natália Correia, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Vergílio Ferreira, António Maria Lisboa), and introduced Sade to the Portuguese readers.