Osório Duque-Estrada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Osório Duque-Estrada

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1870

Place of Birth: Paty do Alferes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1927

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joaquim Osório Duque-Estrada (April 19, 1870 – February 5, 1927) was a Brazilian poet, essayist, journalist, literary critic and professor.
He is famous for writing in 1909 a poem that would become the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem in 1922. He occupied the 17th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1915 until his death in 1927.