Osório Duque-Estrada

Osório Duque-Estrada
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BornJoaquim Osório Duque-Estrada
(1870-04-19)19 April 1870
Paty do Alferes, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died5 February 1927(1927-02-05) (aged 56)
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation
  • Poet
  • essayist
  • literary critic
  • professor
  • journalist
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo
Literary movementParnassianism
Notable worksBrazilian National Anthem
RelativesManuel Luís Osório
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Joaquim Osório Duque-Estrada (19 April 1870 – 5 February 1927) was a Brazilian poet, historian, 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 (ABL) from 1915 until his death in 1927.

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