What is Qorpo Santo's full name?
José Joaquim de Campos Leão
Qorpo Santo date of birth:
April 19, 1829
How old was Qorpo Santo when died?
54
Where was Qorpo Santo born?
Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
When did Qorpo Santo die?
May 1, 1883
Where did Qorpo Santo die?
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Why did Qorpo Santo die?
Tuberculosis
What is Qorpo Santo nationality?
Brazilian
What is Qorpo Santo's occupation?
Playwright, journalist, poet, typographer, grammarian
Qorpo Santo claim to fame:
Ensiqlopèdia: ou Seis Meses de Uma Enfermidade, 1862; Certa Identidade em Busca de Outra; Eu Sou a Vida eu Não Sou a Morte; Um Credor da Fazenda Nacional; As Relações Naturais; Hoje Sou Um e Amanhã Sou Outro; Um Assovio; Um Parto; Hóspede Atrevido...; ...
Short Biography
José Joaquim de Campos Leão, also known as Qorpo-Santo (Triunfo, April 19, 1829 - Porto Alegre May 1, 1883) was a Brazilian journalist and playwright. He is known to have written the very first absurdist theatre plays, long time before the term Theatre of the Absurd was coined. His family put him under judicial interdition in 1861, because he was "writing down everything". As a matter of fact, just in May 1866 he wrote 8 plays, as noted by Guilhermino César. He looked for the best mental doctors in Brazil at that time and got a document telling he was sane, but the judge never took him out of the interdiction.