Adelmar Tavares, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adelmar Tavares

Brazilian academic

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1963

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Adelmar Tavares da Silva (Recife, February 16, 1888 – June 20, 1963 Rio de Janeiro) was a lawyer, magistrate, jurist, professor and poet from Recife.
He was a member of Brazilian Societies devoted to criminology and law.
As a poet he was respected with several of his poems becoming songs.
In 1948 he became President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.