Natália Correia was one of the most prominent voices of Portuguese literature and culture in the second half of the 20th century. Poetess, novelist, essayist, fiction translator, editor, journalist, and politician, Natália Correia was born in Fajã de Baixo, on São Miguel Island, on 13th September 1923. At the age

Pedro da Silveira was an Azorean essayist, literary critic, researcher, journalist, translator, and poet, born in Fajã Grande, on Flores Island, on 5th September 1922. Showing a particular acuteness and restlessness in his youth, after attending the Seminary of Angra do Heroísmo, he completed his high school studies in that

Vitorino Nemésio was a poet, fictionist, essayist, chronicler, and literary critic born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira island, on 19th December 1901. His literary vocation started when he was attending high school, with the verse book “Canto Matinal”. After doing his military service, he moved to Coimbra, where he finished

Roberto de Mesquita is one of the most remarkable names in Portuguese symbolist poetry. Born in Santa Cruz das Flores, on the island of Flores, on 19th June 1871, he lived uninterruptedly in the Azores archipelago. He attended elementary school in Terceira and Faial, having worked for some years in

Raúl Brandão, writer and journalist considered to be the precursor of modern novels in Portugal, is the author of “As Ilhas Desconhecidas”, one of the most significant works about the Azores archipelago, considered “one of the best travel books of all times in Portuguese literature”. He was born in Foz

Alfredo Bensaúde was one of the most illustrious Azoreans in history. Mineralogist, engineer and university professor, he stood out for being the founder and first director of the Instituto Superior Técnico (Higher Technical Institute). Born on 4th March 1856, in the city of Ponta Delgada, to a well-off family, he

A figure of great importance in Azorean and Portuguese political life, Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro was a leading politician of the final phase of the Constitutional Monarchy. Born in Ponta Delgada on 7th November 1949, he graduated in Law from the University of Coimbra in 1872 and practised law in his

Teófilo Braga is one of the most illustrious personalities in the history of the Azores. Born on 24th February 1843, in the city of Ponta Delgada, he came from a family of aristocrats, his father being a former officer of the Miguelista army. Poet, philologist, historian, ethnologist, and politician, his

Manuel de Arriaga was the first President of the Portuguese Republic, and was born in the city of Horta, Faial Island, on 8th July 1840. Coming from a family of the small local aristocracy, he entered the University of Coimbra Law School, completing his bachelor’s degree in 1866 and his