Patativa do Assaré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Patativa do Assaré

Brazilian poet

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Assaré, Ceará, Brazil

Date of Death: 08-Jul-2002

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antônio Gonçalves da Silva, popularly known as Patativa do Assaré, (Assaré, 5 March 1909 — 8 July 2002) was a Brazilian popular / oral poet, improviser of oral verse, composer, singer and guitar player.
One of the main articulators of the Brazilian North-eastern oral poetry of the 20th century.