Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto

1864 - 1934

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movement: Symbolism, modernism

country of citizenship: Brazil

native language: Portuguese

languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese

educated at: Law School, University of São Paulo, Faculdade de Direito do Recife

occupation: novelist, playwright, journalist, chronicler, folklorist, literary critic, politician, poet, memoirist, children's writer, writer, university teacher

position held: federal deputy of Maranhão

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (February 20, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a Brazilian writer and politician. He founded and occupied the second chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1934. He was also the president of the aforementioned Academy in 1926. Source: Wikipedia (en)