Austregésilo de Athayde (September 25, 1898 – September 13, 1993) was a writer and journalist born in Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil. His career includes being invited by

Assis Chateaubriand Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced ), also nicknamed Chatô (October 4, 1892 – April 4, 1968), was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was founder and director of the then main press chain o ...

to work at a top position at the

Diários Associados The Diários Associados, or Associated Dailies, are a union of Brazilian communication media created by Assis Chateaubriand. Diários Associados owned Rede Tupi, the first Brazilian television network, through its affiliate, the Rede de Emissor ...

. Later he became an emblematic figure for the Academia Brasileira de Letras as he served as President of the organization for 34 years. He was active in human rights causes in Brazil. Austregésilo de Athayde died on September 13, 1993, in

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at age 94.

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Portuguese siteAustregesilo de Athayde
recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division's audio literary archive on August 10, 1976. 1898 births 1993 deaths Brazilian journalists Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Brazilian male writers Brazilian people of Portuguese descent People from Pernambuco Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners 20th-century journalists {{Brazil-writer-stub