BIOGRAPHY
1957 - Davino Ribeiro de Sena was born in a prosperous family on April 4, in Recife, a city famous for its revolutionary history. His great-grandparent was mayor of towns Gravata and Limoeiro. Grandparent initiated a cofee plantation business. His parents were medical doctors.
1963 - Family moved to a beach house in the borough of Boa Viagem to cure his asthma crisis. Drawn at an early age into a private world of books and imagination.
1972 - Moves to boroughs of Boa Vista and Espinheiro. Student at Colegio Militar do Recife. Parents move to borough of Gracas and keep a beach house in Rio Doce.
1975 - University studies in Recife and Sao Paulo. Shadowed by melancholy. Reads Augusto dos Anjos and Manuel Bandeira. Writes first poems.
1982 - Studies drawing, music and dance. Married to music teacher Maria do Socorro Melo Pinto. Reads Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Cecilia Meireles.
1983 - First poems published on newspapers by Cesar Leal. Student prize of poetry at Academia Pernambucana de Letras, with the sonnet "Memorias".
1984 - Graduated in Philosophy. Moved to Campinas. Writes poetry. Reads Joao Cabral de Melo Neto and Jorge de Lima. Moves to Brasilia.
1989- Started diplomatic career. Birth of Beatriz.
1991- Castelos de Areia, his first book, wins the prestigious national poetry award funded by the Nestle Foundation, S�o Paulo. The jury included Gilberto Mendonca Teles, Pericles Eugenio da Silva Ramos, Marcus Accioly, Jose Neumane Pinto and Carlos Felipe Moises.
1993 - With the support of Itamaraty, represents Brazil, along with Thiago de Melo and Fernando Mendes Viana, at the Encuentro Iberoamericano de Poes�a, in Santiago, Chile. Participates in anthology Un Angulo del Mundo, which included poets Egito Goncalves (Portugal), Antoni Clapes (Spain), Coral Bracho (Mexico) and Roberto Juarroz (Argentina).
1994 - Speech about Brazilian Literature at the University of Athens, Georgia, United States. Moved to Spain.
1995 - Guest at round table of the international seminar on poetry organized by the University of Barcelona, which included writers Maria Luisa Spaziani (Italy) and Mang Ke (China).
1996 - Publication of Pescador de Nuvens. Birth of Alice. Participates in the meetings of the catalan poetry group Cafe Central. Augusto Massi reviews his book for Mais! - Folha de S. Paulo.
1997 - Interviewed in Recife by Mario Helio for Jornal do Commercio. Publishes Retrato com Guitarra and O Jaguar no Deserto. Moves to Camberra, Australia.
1999 - Reads his poems at the Australia National University. Publishes Vidro e Ferro. Head of delegation of Brazil in the meeting of the Valdivia Group for the preservation of the Albatroz.
2001 - Consul of Brazil in Japan.
2003 - Returns to Brasilia. Interviewed by Margarida Patriota about his poetry at Radio Senado. Accompanies Brazilian troops sent to the United Nations Mission of Support in Timor Leste.
2004 - Publishes Tres Martes. Mission of cooperation in science and technology for Angola and Mozambique.
2006 - With Elizabeth Hazin, publishes Lego & Davinovich. Moves to New York.
2007 - Launch of Expedi��o. Speeches about "Poetry and Imagination" in Recife, at Centro de Artes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, and in New York, at Biblioteca Machado de Assis.
2008 - National Library Foundation magazin Poesia Sempre publishes 3 poems. Moves to Saudi Arabia. Electronic magazine Rascunho publishes his poem " A cobra no quintal".
