Teófilo Dias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teófilo Dias

Brazilian poet

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1854

Place of Birth: Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1889

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, politician, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Teófilo Odorico Dias de Mesquita (November 8, 1854 – March 29, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, journalist and lawyer, nephew of the famous Romantic author Gonçalves Dias. He is the patron of the 36th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. The literary critic Alfredo Bosi considers his 1882 work Fanfarras to have launched the Parnassian movement in Brazilian literature.