Augusto Constantino Coello Estévez (1 September 1884 in

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– 8 September 1941 in

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) 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

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. He wrote the lyrics for the

National Anthem of Honduras The "National Anthem of Honduras" () was adopted by presidential decree 42 in 1915. The lyrics were written by Augusto C. Coello and the music composed by Carlos Hartling. Unofficially, the anthem is sometimes called "'" ("Your flag is a sple ...

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 {{Honduras-politician-stub