Guilherme de Almeida on his office in 1930s

Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida (born in

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, July 24, 1890 and died in

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, July 11, 1969) was a

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and Brazilian

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. He helped popularize the

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poem style, ''

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'', in

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. 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 letter "Canção do Expedicionário" ("Song of the Expeditionary") with music by Spartaco Rossi and ''pracinhas brasileiros'' in

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