Fernando Tavares Sabino (October 12, 1923 – October 11, 2004) was a Brazilian writer and journalist.

Life

Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte,

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, the son of Dominic Sabino and D. Odette Tavares Sabino. He lived there until he was twenty, when he moved to

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. Sabino was the author of 50 books, as well as many short stories and essays. His first book was published in 1941, when he was just 18 years old. Sabino vaulted to national and international fame in 1956 with the novel ''A Time to Meet'', the tale of three friends in the inland city of Belo Horizonte. The book was inspired by Sabino's life history. Sabino also enjoyed commercial success with ''The Great Insane'' and ''The Naked Man'', which were made into films. Sabino considered friendship to be one of the most important things in life. His circle of friends included ''Hélio Pellegrino'', ''Otto Lara Resende'', Paulo Mendes Campos, Rubem Braga,

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, and Manuel Bandeira. In the last ten years of his life, Sabino was distant from the media. Many of his close friends died before him. Two years before his death, Sabino was diagnosed with cancer. Following a prolonged illness, he died one day before his 81st birthday in his

home.

Partial bibliography

* "The Soul of Music," "Tit for Tat," "

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," and "I'm All Ears" * "Sexual Inhibitions," "Prescriptions for Curing Passions," and "The Birthday Cake" * "The Art of Saying No," ''The Brazilians'' * ''O Grande Mentecapto'' * ''A Time to Meet'' * ''The Naked Man'' * "O Menino No Espelho" "No fim, tudo dá certo. Se não deu, ainda não chegou ao fim." Fernando Sabino Translation: "In the end, everything will be ok. If it's not ok, it's not yet the end." Fernando Sabino

Filmography - Writer

* ''Crônica da Cidade Amada'' (1964) (story) (segment ''Iniciada a Peleja'') * ''Homem Nu, O'' (1968 and 1997) (screenplay) (story) ... aka ''The Naked Man'' (International: English title) * ''Faca de Dois Gumes'' (1989) (book) ... aka ''Two Edged Knife'' (USA) * ''Grande Mentecapto, O'' (1989) (novel)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabino, Fernando 1923 births 2004 deaths People from Belo Horizonte Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian male novelists 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian male writers