caption death_date death_place children birth_place image_size nationality birth_date spouse signature article_title name occupation
with fernanda montenegro . 21 december 1980 -lrb- aged 68 -rrb- rio -rrb- , southeast of brazil de janeiro , rio de janeiro -lrb- state joffre , paulo césar , daniela , nelson , maria lúcia , sônia maria recife , pernambuco , northeast of brazil 250px brazilian baptised 23 august 1912 elza -lrb- 1952-1962 -rrb- , lúcia cruz lima -lrb- 1963-1965 -rrb- bretanha -lrb- 1940-1950 -rrb- , yolanda dos santos nelson rodrigues signature.gif nelson rodrigues
 nelson falcão rodrigues playwright , journalist and novelist
nelson rodrigues

nelson falcão rodrigues -lrb- august 23 , 1912 -- december 21 , 1980 -rrb- was a brazilian playwright , journalist and novelist .
in 1943 , he helped usher in a new era in brazilian theater with his play `` vestido de noiva -lrb- the wedding dress -rrb- '' , considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters ' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog .
he went on to write many other seminal plays and today is widely regarded as brazil 's greatest playwright .
