He soon revealed himself as a poet and a chronicler, he became an author in 1906 and published his first periodical contribution in the 1910s and were related for raising its republican ideals.
He was a staunch opponent and was head of the movements of the republican opposition of Estado Novo which took power in 1926, he took part in the 1931 Madeira Revolt where he was later dismissed from the army.
He was exiled to Cape Verde between 1933 and 1936, there, he wrote Ilhas Crioulas (Islands of Creole) in 1935 and two African related works.
He kept a large literary activity, he published in many periodicals including A Águia and Seara Nova, he also contributed some articles in the reviews Serões (1910-1911),[1] Azulejos (1907-1909),[2] Amanhã in 1909[3] and Atlantida from 1915 to 1920.
One of the poetic works included O Vitória do Homem [Victory of Man] (1910), A Primeira Nau (1912), À Catalunha [today's form: A Catalunha, translation: Catalonia] (1914), Primavera de Deus [Spring of Gods] (1915), Livro das Bem-Amadas (1921) and A Vida Continua [Continued Life] (1942).