Biography
Amélia Maria Ramos Veiga Silva is a Portuguese-born Angolan poet and professor born in 1932. She is the author of several Portuguese language books, including Destinos, Poemas, and Libertação. In 1951, she moved to Angola, where she taught in Sá da Bandeira and began publishing poetry. She was awarded the Fernando Pessoa Prize by the Camara Municipality of Sá da Bandeira for her collection Poemas. She received a doctorate degree in education sciences from the University of Porto and went on to work at the Centre for Higher Education on Policies Studies (CIPES) in Matosinhos, Portugal for several years.
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"Amelia Veiga." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 24 May 2022. Accessed 11 August 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lia_Veiga>.
"Amelia Veiga." Centre for Higher Education on Policies Studies (CIPES). Accessed 11 August 2022. <https://www.cipes.pt/user/19/?language=en>
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