06. 11. 1919
Born in Oporto. Course in the Classics at Lisbon University. Contributed to various poetry reviews. Writer of children's stories. Poet, short story writer and essayist. In the fine clarity and sensibility of her poetry, the sea is a constant presence.

I
Of all the corners of the world
I love with a stronger and deeper love
That beach enraptured and bare
Where I become one with the sea, the wind and the moon.

II
I smell the land the trees and the wind
That the Spring fills with perfume
But in them I only want and only look
For the wild exhalation of the waves
Rising to the stars as a pure cry.

Poesia I
© Instituto Camões, 2001