Aquilino Ribeiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aquilino Ribeiro

Portuguese writer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1885

Place of Birth: Sernancelhe, Viseu District, Portugal

Date of Death: 07-May-1963

Profession: writer, diplomat, author

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (Portuguese pronunciation: [?ki'linu ?i'b?j?u]; 13 September 1885, Carregal de Tabosa, Sernancelhe – 27 May 1963, Lisbon), was a Portuguese writer and diplomat.
He is generally considered to be one of the great Portuguese novelists of the 20th century.
In 1960, he was nominated for the Nobel Literature Prize; having been nominated by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Escritores.