A Fada Oriana by Sophia de Mello Breyner And...

She was also awarded the Spanish Premio Reina Sofia in 2003. In 1999 she became the first woman to receive the highest Portuguese award for poetry, the Prémio Camões. She also published several poetry books and anthologies, including: Poesia, Dual, Livro Sexto, Coral, Dia do Mar, No Tempo Dividido, Grades, O Nome das Coisas, As Ilhas, Antologia, Geografia, Navegações, O Búzio de Cós. After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, she made a brief incursion into politics as an MP for the Socialist Party (centre-left).Īndresen won acclaim as a storyteller with Contos Exemplares (Exemplary Tales),”Histórias da Terra e do Mar” (Stories of Land and Sea), and a number of children’s books – A Menina do Mar (The Sea Girl), O Cavaleiro da Dinamarca (The Danish Knight), A Floresta (The Forest), O Rapaz de Bronze (The Bronze Boy), A Fada Oriana (The Fairy Oriana).

They had five children, among whom journalist and best-selling author Miguel Sousa Tavares. In 1946 she married lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares. Politically, she defended constitutional monarchy and openly criticized Salazar’s dictatorship. As a student, she was activelly involved in Catholic movements. After spending her childhood in Porto she moved to Lisbon, where she attended the Universidade de Lisboa. She received a strict Catholic upbringing, and was to remain a fervent believer until the end of her life. She inherited the surname ‘Andresen’ from her paternal grandfather, a Danish merchant. Sophia, as she is often referred to in Portugal, was born in Porto to a wealthy aristocratic family. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (Oporto, Novem– Lisbon, July 2, 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer.

A Fada Oriana by Sophia de Mello Breyner And...