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Lygia Fagundes Telles

Brazilian novelist and short-story writer (1918–2022)

Lygia Fagundes Telles has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists April 19, 1918 in Consolação District, Brazil.

Born

April 19, 1918

An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.

Died: April 3, 2022

Source:

Synchronized from Wikidata on October 5, 2026.

Birthplace
Consolação District, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Professions
writer, novelist, lawyer, short story writer
Citizenship
Brazil

Incompatible birth dates

Sources disagree: April 19, 1918 (taddone.it) or in 1923 (Third World Women's Literatures).

The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.

More about Lygia Fagundes Telles

Birth name
Lygia de Azevedo Fagundes

All birth date sources

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Synchronized from Wikidata on October 5, 2026. View Wikidata record

Questions people ask

Where was Lygia Fagundes Telles born?

Lygia Fagundes Telles was born in Consolação District, Brazil; São Paulo, Brazil.

What was Lygia Fagundes Telles’s name at birth?

Lygia Fagundes Telles’s recorded birth name is Lygia de Azevedo Fagundes.

When did Lygia Fagundes Telles die?

Lygia Fagundes Telles died on April 3, 2022.