Medeiros e Albuquerque, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Medeiros e Albuquerque

Brazilian journalist, writer and politician

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1867

Place of Birth: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Date of Death: 09-Jun-1934

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, politician, civil servant, Esperantist, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

José Joaquim de Campos da Costa de Medeiros e Albuquerque (September 4, 1867 – June 9, 1934) was a Brazilian poet, politician, teacher, journalist, short story writer, civil servant, essayist, orator, novelist and dramatist.
He is famous for writing the lyrics of the Brazilian Republic Anthem in 1890. He founded and occupied the 22nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1934. He was also the President of the Academy in 1923.