Background
COELHO NETTO, Henrique was born on February 21, 1864 in Caxias, State of Maranhao, Died: 1934. Son of Antonio Sylvestre Coelho and Anna Sylvestre Coelho.
COELHO NETTO, Henrique was born on February 21, 1864 in Caxias, State of Maranhao, Died: 1934. Son of Antonio Sylvestre Coelho and Anna Sylvestre Coelho.
Secretary of the state government of Rio de Janeiro, 1890. Director of the Bureau of the Affairs of State, Justice, Legislation, Public and Private Instruction of the State of Rio de Janeiro, 1891. Professor of the history of the arts in the National School of Fine Arts, 1894.
Professor of literature in the Ginasio of Campinas and in the Ginasio Pedro World War II Director of the Municipal School of the Drama of Rio de Janeiro.
Federal deputy from the State of Maranhao, 1909-1919.
Member of the Committee on Diplomacy and Treaties of the Chamber of Deputies, 1909-1917. Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of Brazil, 1900. Ex-president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Secretary general of the League for National Defense.
Member of the consultative council of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro. President of the Committee charged with the preparation of the Brazilian Academy’s dictionary.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina, 1928. Director and organDCr t*le Universal Dictionary of Porto, Portugal, in collaboration with Joao Grave.
Brazilian candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature, 1933.
Elected and proclaimed the “Prince of Brazilian Prose Writers.”.
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Married Maria Gabriella Coelho Netto (deceased). hildren: Dina, Georges, Joao, Paulo, Vicleta, Zita.