Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced ), best known as Assis Chateaubriand and also nicknamed Chat? (October 4, 1892 – April 4, 1968), was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was born in Umbuzeiro, state of Paraíba, in the Northeast of Brazil, on October 4, 1892, and died on April 4, 1968, in S?o Paulo.