Mário de Ascenção Palmério (1 March 1916 – 24 September 1996) was a Brazilian politician and writer, who was born in Monte Carmelo, Minas Gerais. He died at Uberaba, Minas Gerais, in 1996. Bibliography Vila dos confins, novel (1956); Chapadão do bugre, novel (1965) O morro das sete voltas, novel Seleta... (1974) 1916 births 1996 deaths Brazilian male novelists 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian male writers