Teófilo Dias
Brazilian poet
Died when: 34 years 141 days (412 months)Star 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.
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