Natália Correia

She began her studies in Lisbon, and quickly found her interest in literature, inititally publishing her first work, for children: A Grande Aventura de Um Pequeno Herói and specific poetry.

Correia's deep affection for her native island's natural beauty is demonstrated profoundly in the themes, images and symbols portrayed in her works, as well as by her affinity with fellow countrymen authors Antero de Quental and contemporary Vitorino Nemésio.

For her activism she was condemned to three years in prison, with a suspended sentence, for the publication of her work Antologia da Poesia Portuguesa Erótica e Satírica (Anthology of Portuguese Erotic Poetry and Satire), considered offensive by the authorities in 1966.

In 1971, with colleagues Isabel Meireles, Júlia Marenha and Helena Roseta, she started the bar Botequim, where during the decade between 1970 and 1980 she met with a great part of the Portuguese intellectual community.

She was a friend of António Sérgio, associated with Movimento da Filosofia Portuguesa (Movement of Portuguese Philosophy), David Mourão-Ferreira, José-Augusto França, Luiz Pacheco, Almada Negreiros, Mário Cesariny, Ary dos Santos, Amália Rodrigues, and Fernando Dacosta.

In 1991, Correia received the Grand Prize in Poetry from the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (Association of Portuguese Writers), for her book Sonetos Românticos (Romantic Sonnets).