Joao da Gente

The celebrated writer, journalist and Carnaval chronicler João da Gente was interested in Carnaval, having founded many blocos (small groups), creating awards for fancy dresses and parades and being truly a regular person in the juries who presided your competition. Debuting in theatre in 1897, he became probably one of the most well-known Carnaval composers of the first decades from the 20th hundred years in Rio de Janeiro. Organizer from the popular confetti fights, he structured in 1915 the Mi-Carême, the commemoration from the Carnaval champions. João da Gente also got success like a author of Carnaval music just like the marcha “Deixa Ela”, the samba “Olá” (documented by Fernando in 1925) and “Vem Comigo” (having becoming the second option the winner from the carnaval of 1929 and documented by Francisco Alves). Like a playwright João da Gente had written dramas and comedies like Silvina, Cruz e Perdão, Por Causa das Dúvidas, O Engano, O Paletó Não é Meu and Tio Tibério, having created also books of prose and poetry. João da Gente had written also for Portuguese papers, having received through the Portuguese Chapel the name of Count as well as the name of João de Wilton Morgado.