João de Lemos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

João de Lemos

Portuguese journalist

Date of Birth: 06-May-1819

Place of Birth: Peso da Régua, Vila Real District, Portugal

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1890

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat, playwright, journalist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

João de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco (1819 – 1890) was a Portuguese journalist, poet and dramatist. Lemos was born in Peso da Régua.
He was known as "the troubadour" (in Portuguese: Trovador) in Coimbra, where he graduated in Law, thanks the publication of the poetic newspaper O Trovador (repository of poetic productions of a group of young students).
Besides João, director of that publication, were part of The Troubadour: Luís da Costa Pereira, António Xavier Rodrigues Cordeiro, José Freire de Serpa, Augusto Lima and Couto Monteiro.João collaborated with other periodicals, as exemplified by the comedy newspaper The Comedy Portuguese (in Portuguese: a Comédia Portuguesa), where he started publishing in 1888.