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 of Brazil, the ''Diários Associados'': 34 newspapers, 36 radio stations, 18 television stations, one news agency, one weekly magazine (''O Cruzeiro''), one monthly magazine (''A Cigarra'') as well as many magazines for children.

During the 1940s and 1950s, he became notable in Brazil for his work as a journalist, an entrepreneur, an arts patron as well as a politician. Chateaubriand was appointed Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom, position he held from 1957 to 1961. He was also a lawyer and professor of law, writer and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 37th chair from 1954 until his death in 1968. Provided by Wikipedia