Guilherme de Almeida on his office in 1930s

Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida (July 24, 1890 – July 11, 1969) was a Brazilian

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and

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. He helped popularize the

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poem style, ''

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'', in Brazil.

Biography

He was born in

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on July 24, 1890. He is the son of Estevão de Araújo Almeida, a law teacher and jurist, and Angelina Andrade Almeida. He married Belkiss Barroso de Almeida, and they had a son, Guy Sérgio Haroldo Estevão Zózimo Barroso de Almeida, who married Marina Queiroz Aranha de Almeida. He fought in the

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of 1932. His greatest work of love to

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was his poem, ''Nossa Bandeira'' (Our Flag), but he also wrote ''Moeda Paulista'' (''São Paulo Coin'') and the poignant ''Oração ante a última trincheira'' (Prayer at the last ditch"). He was proclaimed The poet of the Revolution. He also wrote the lyrics of the "Canção do Expedicionário" ("Song of the Expedicionarários", the 'expedicionários' were the members of the

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), with music by Spartaco Rossi. He died in

on July 11, 1969.

References

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