Fernando Tavares Sabino was born on October 12, 1923, and died on October 11, 2004. He was a Brazilian writer and journalist.

Life

Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to Dominic Sabino and D. Odette Tavares Sabino. He lived there until he was twenty years old, then moved to Rio de Janeiro.

Sabino wrote 50 books, along with many short stories and essays. His first book was published in 1941, when he was 18 years old. In 1956, Sabino became famous nationally and internationally with his novel A Time to Meet, which tells the story of three friends living in the interior city of Belo Horizonte. The book was based on events from Sabino’s own life.

Sabino also achieved popularity with The Great Insane and The Naked Man, both of which were adapted into films.

Sabino believed friendship was one of the most important aspects of life. His friends included Hélio Pellegrino, Otto Lara Resende, Paulo Mendes Campos, Rubem Braga, Clarice Lispector, Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Mário de Andrade, and Manuel Bandeira.

In the final ten years of his life, Sabino avoided the media. Many of his close friends passed away before him. Two years before his death, Sabino was diagnosed with cancer. After a long illness, he died one day before his 81st birthday in his home in Rio de Janeiro.