Alberto da Costa e Silva

{{Short description|Brazilian historian, poet and diplomat (1931–2023))}}

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| name = Alberto da Costa e Silva

| image = Alberto-da-costa-e-silva.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|26|1931|5|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| occupation = Historian, poet, former diplomat

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Alberto da Costa e Silva (12 May 1931 – 26 November 2023) was a Brazilian historian, poet, and diplomat. He won the 2014 Camões Prize.{{cite news |url= http://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/o-premio-camoes-2014-vai-este-ano-para-1638103|title= O Prémio Camões 2014 é o brasileiro Alberto da Costa e Silva|author= Cláudia Carvalho|date= 30 May 2014|access-date= 9 July 2014|newspaper= Público|language= pt}}{{cite web |url= http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=48&sid=144|title= Alberto da Costa e Silva Biografia|access-date= 9 July 2014|work= www.academia.org.br|publisher= Academia Brasileira de Letras|language= pt}}