João Simões Lopes Neto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

João Simões Lopes Neto

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1865

Place of Birth: Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1916

Profession: writer, businessperson, journalist, folklorist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul.
After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27.
He only wrote four significant works, but nevertheless made a strong contribution to Brazilian literature, specifically regionalist writing known as Criollismo in Latin America.
Neto died of a perforated ulcer in 1916 at age 51.