Background
LESSA, Origenes was born on July 12, 1903 in Lençôis, State of Sâo Paulo. Son of Vicente do Rêgo Lessa and Henriqueta Pinheiro Themudo Lessa.
LESSA, Origenes was born on July 12, 1903 in Lençôis, State of Sâo Paulo. Son of Vicente do Rêgo Lessa and Henriqueta Pinheiro Themudo Lessa.
Director of publicity for General Motors of Brazil, 1928-1931. Editor, Diario da Noite and Folha da Manhâ, Sâo Paulo. Assistant, secretary, Folha da Noite.
Secretary, A Cigarra, 1932. Chief copywriter for N. W. Ayer and Son, since 1932, J. Walter Thompson Company of Brazil, 1935-1937, publicity agency A Ecléctica, 1939. Director, SuDplemento Infantil and Diario da Noite, 1933-1937.
Literature critic, Nossa Revista, 1937. Editor, Jornal da Manhâ, 1939. Editor-inchief, Propaganda.
Contributor, Imprensa Brasileira Reunida (Sâo Paulo), Andi (Buenos Aires), 1939.
Member: Associaçào Brasileira de Imprensa, Associaçào de Propaganda de Sao Paulo, Associaçào Paulista de Imprensa, Centro de Ciências, Letras e Artes de Campinas.
Married Elsie Lessa.