Glória de Sant'Anna (26 May 1925 – 2 June 2009) was a Portuguese-born poet and educator who lived in Portuguese Mozambique from 1951 to 1974.[1]
She was born in Lisbon[1] and taught school in Porto Amélia (later Pemba) and Vila Pery (later Chimoio).[2] De Sant'Anna married architect Afonso Henriques Manta Andrade Paes in 1949.[1] She published six collections of poetry while living in Mozambique and is credited with establishing a tradition of lyricism in Mozambique poetry.[2] In 1961, she received the Prémio Camilo Pessanha for Livro de Água.[3]
De Sant'Anna died in Válega [pt] at the age of 84.[1]
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