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- Birth nameSophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born on November 6, 1919 in Oporto, Portugal. She was a writer, known for A Viagem (1994), Um Poema por Semana (2011) and Noite de Natal (1977). She was married to Francisco Sousa Tavares. She died on July 2, 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- SpouseFrancisco Sousa Tavares(November 27, 1946 - 1988) (divorced, 5 children)
- In 1964, she won Grande Prémio de Poesia by Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (Portuguese Society of Authors).
- She was a writer and a poetess. Many of her poems are related to Nature and the Sea. Sophia was also a translator. She was responsible for the translation of "Hamlet", Shakespear, Dante's "Purgatory" and "Le Soulier de Satin", Paul Claudel.
- In 1995, Sophia won the Petrarca award and in 1999 won Prémio Camões. Sophia was the first woman to win this award. In 2001 won the Max Jacob Étranger Award and in 2003 the Ibero-American Poetry Quenn Sophia Award.
- Children: Maria Sousa Tavares, Isabel Sofia Sousa Tavares (1950), Miguel Sousa Tavares (1952), Sofia Sousa Tavares and Francisco Xavier Sousa Tavares (b. 1956).
- In 1895, Sophia's father purchased Quinta do Campo Alegre, a big farm, in Oporto, where she and her brothers grew up.
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