Francisco Marins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian writer
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Place of Birth: São Manuel, São Paulo, Brazil
About Francisco Marins
- Francisco Marins, (November 23, 1922 - April 10, 2016) was a Brazilian writer.
- He was the author of a series of books for children , ,about the Taquara-Póca farm.
- Marins also writes historic novels set in the colonial Brazilian hinterland.
- He was born in Pratânia, Estado de São Paulo, which was at the time part of Botucatu. Marins has sold more than 5,000,000 books, which have been translated into fifteen languages, and is the only Brazilian writer in the European collection Delphin, that features classics of children's literature around the world. Francisco Marins is a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras.
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