Francisco de Paula Ney

Francisco de Paula Ney (February 2, 1858 – November 13, 1897) was a Brazilian poet and journalist. A pre-eminent figure of the bohemian Rio de Janeiro of the Belle Époque, he was a friend of Coelho Neto, Aluísio Azevedo and Olavo Bilac. He was a poet famous for writing anonymous satires and jokes for the journals where he worked.

Francisco de Paula Ney
A photograph depicting Ney
Born	(1858-02-02)2 February 1858 Aracati, Ceará, Brazil
Died	13 November 1897(1897-11-13) (aged 39) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Poet, journalist
Nationality	Brazilian
Literary movement	Parnassianism

External links

• A biography and some poems by Francisco de Paula Ney (in Portuguese)