Aquilino Ribeiro

Aquilino Ribeiro
Aquilino Ribeiro, c. 1918
BornAquilino Gomes Ribeiro
(1885-09-13)13 September 1885
Tabosa do Carregal, Sernancelhe, Viseu, Portugal
Died27 May 1963(1963-05-27) (aged 77)
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationWriter
NationalityPortuguese
Notable worksCinco reis de gente
Spouse
  • Grete Tiedemann
    (m. 1913; div. 1927)
  • Jerónima Dantas Machado
    (m. 1929)

Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐkiˈlinu ʁiˈbɐjɾu]; 13 September 1885 – 27 May 1963, Lisbon), was a Portuguese writer and diplomat. He is generally considered to be one of the great Portuguese novelists of the 20th century. In 1960, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature; having been nominated by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Escritores.