Fernando Sylvan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fernando Sylvan

East Timorese writer

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1917

Place of Birth: Dili, Dili municipality, East Timor

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1993

Profession: writer, poet, essayist

Nationality: East Timor

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fernando Sylvan (Díli, 26 August 1917—Cascais, 25 December 1993) was a poet and a writer from East Timor. He spent almost all his life in Portugal, where he would die.
The distance between Portugal and Timor didn't prevent him writing about the traditions, the legends and the folklore of his homeland.
He is considered among the greatest writers in Portuguese and he was a member and the president of the Sociedade de Língua Portuguesa.