Urbano Tavares Rodrigues was born on December 8, 1923 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Retalhos da Vida de um Médico (1980), Visita ou Memórias e Confissões (1993) and David Mourão Ferreira (1996). He was married to Maria Judite de Carvalho. He died on August 9, 2013 in Lisbon.