Augusto Constantino Coello Estévez (1 September 1884 in
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
– 8 September 1941 in
San Salvador) was a
Honduran writer.
Biography
Coello became a deputy in the
Honduras National Congress in 1904. He was director of various newspapers, ''El Imparcial'', ''En Marcha'' and ''Pro-Patria'' in Honduras and ''La Prensa Libre'', ''La República'', ''El Diario'', ''El Pabellón Rojo y Blanco'' in
Costa Rica.
He wrote the lyrics for the
National Anthem of Honduras
The "National Anthem of Honduras" ( es, Himno Nacional de Honduras) was adopted by presidential decree 42 in 1915. The lyrics were written by Augusto Constantino Coello and the music composed by Carlos Hartling.
Unofficially, the anthem is somet ...
in 1915 and wrote two books, ''El tratado de 1843 con los indios moscos'' (1923) and ''Canto a la bandera'' (1934). His son, also named Augusto Coello, was a writer as well.
Bibliography
* ''El tratado de 1843 con los indios moscos'' (1923)
* ''Canto a la bandera'' (1934)
References
Honduran male writers
Deputies of the National Congress of Honduras
1941 deaths
1884 births
National anthem writers
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