Alceu Amoroso Lima, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alceu Amoroso Lima

Brazilian writer, journalist and activist

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1893

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1983

Profession: writer, teacher, politician, journalist, Christians Jehovah’s Witnesses, literary critic

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Alceu Amoroso Lima (Petrópolis, December 11, 1893 – Rio de Janeiro, August 14, 1983) was a writer, journalist, activist from Brazil and founder of the Brazilian Christian Democracy.
He adopted the pseudonym Tristão de Ataíde in 1919.
In 1928 he converted to Catholicism and eventually became head of Catholic Action in Brazil.
Although he initially had some sympathy for certain aims of Brazilian Integralism he became a strong opponent of authoritarianism in general and Fascism in particular.
That came in part through the influence of Jacques Maritain.
He was a staunch advocate for press freedom during the period of military dictatorship.