- Considered the most important playwright of Brazil ever. The importance of his plays for Brazilians can be compared to Shakespeare's plays for Brits.
- He grew up in a family of journalists: son of journalist Mário Rodrigues, brother of journalist Mário Filho (Maracanã Stadium, in Rio, bears the name of his brother). Father of journalist Nelson Rodrigues Filho.
- The most famous supporter of club Fluminense of Rio. Wrote about soccer in the newspaper "Jornal dos Sports" and stories about families' conflicts of middle-class in "Última Hora", using a female nickname.
- Had all his plays censored by government.
- Famous because of polemics of his quotations.
- Son of Maria Esther Falcão and Mário Rodrigues (died in 1930).
- He was the fifth of 15 children. Siblings: Milton, Roberto (died in 1929), Mário Filho, Stella, Joffre (died in 1936), Maria Clara, Augustinho, Irene, Paulo (died in 1967), Helena, Dorinha, Elsinha and Dulcinha (died in 1927).
- Father, with Elza, of a boys named Joffre (b.1941) and Nelson.
- Father, with Lúcia Cruz Lima, of a girl named Daniela.
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